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Submitted: 11/9/13 • Approved: 11/11/13 • Last Updated: 11/14/13 • R946508-G0-S3
US Army
World War II
August 5, 1919 - September 17, 1994
*Obituary
Melvin A. (Allen) Gray, 75, of Granite City, Illinois, died at 2:40 a. m., Saturday, Sept. 17,1994, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center following an eight year illness.
Born Aug. 5, 1919 in Marmarth, Slope County, ND, he had been a resident of Granite City since 1925. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army and a machinist with the Terminal Railroad Association in St. Louis for 40 years before retiring in 1979. He was a member of Central Christian Church.
Survivors include two sons, Don and Gerald Gray, both of Granite City; two daughters, Betty Mallette of Clarksville, TN and Vivian Dix of Batchtown, IL; two brothers, David Gray of Red Lodge, Montana and Jess Gray of Salt Lake City, UT; one sister, Harriett Travis of Stewart, TN, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Kathryn(LaRoe) Gray, who died in Jan. 1992; his parents James P. and Margaret (Swanson) Gray; one sister and two brothers.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday at Irwin Chapel, 3960 Maryville Rd., in Granite City with the Rev. Jerry Cowin officiating. Burial will be in Arkansas.
Contributed on 11/9/13 by hawkinsdonna
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