Edna Marie Gray, 93 of Paris, entered into Heaven on January 25, 2020 at home under the care of Hospice. Bright-Holland Funeral Home will conduct funeral services at Grace Lutheran Church on January 29th, 2020 at 3pm with Rev. Roby Byrd officiating. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to services.
Edna was born to Fred and Paulina Wacker at home in Lincoln, Kansas, August 7, 1926. She taught school in a one room schoolhouse until moving to Salina in 1952, where she met Donald Gray. They were married, had four children, a business, and 62 happy anniversaries. Don and Edna made their life in Houston until retirement, moving to Paris in 1994.
Edna was baptised and active in the Lutheran Church all her life. She witnessed until death.
She is survived by her sisters Anita Mischka, and Hilda Knief; her four children, Dennis Gray and his wife Linda of Houston, Debbie Davis and her husband Ernie of Lumber City, GA, Jan Williams and her husband Dr. Fred of Paris, and son JIm Gray and his wife Cynthia of Houston; nine grandchildren, Toby Gray, Jeremy Gray, Christopher Davis, Stuart Williams, Cindi Rhodes, Dr. Ross Williams, Kimberly Gray, Dr.Kyle Gray, and Kaitlin Gray and 11 great grandchildren.
Serving as Pallbearers will be her six grandsons, with David Rhodes as Honorary Pallbearer. The family would like to especially thank Mary Allen of Honey Grove for her five years of loving care, and all of the caregivers that supported Edna in her last days.
