Gray, Cecil Dale^{[1, 2, 3]}

1929 - 1999  (70 years)

• Name	Gray, Cecil Dale
  Birth	3 May 1929	Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, United States   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Education	West Virginia, United States
  	Address: Concord College
  Education	West Virginia, United States
  	Address: Bluefield College
  Occupation	sales manager, Westinghouse Electric Co. (later Phillips Lighting)
  Death	14 Dec 1999	Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States   [4]
  	His funeral was held at Roswell Presbyterian Church, Roswell, GA, on 18 Dec 1999.
  Burial	20 Dec 1999	Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia, United States
  Person ID	I163	Pioneers of the Appalachian Highlands
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Gray, Louis Fair,   b. 9 Oct 1896, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, United States d. 17 Dec 1986, Vinton, Roanoke, Virginia, United States (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Hurd, Uriel Evelyn,   b. 8 Nov 1901, Martinsville, Henry, Virginia, United States d. 16 Apr 1966, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, United States (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1919	Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
  Family ID	F62	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Murphy, Virginia Patricia,   b. 15 Jun 1928, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, United States d. 25 Oct 2018, Roswell, Fulton, Georgia, United States (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	17 Jun 1950	Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, United States   [5, 6, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Gray, Sharon Virginia + 2. Gray, Charles Richard + 3. Gray, Katherine Elizabeth + 4. Gray, Paul Robert   5. Gray, David Lewis
  Family ID	F49	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - 3 May 1929 - Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, United States Education - Address: Concord College - - West Virginia, United States Education - Address: Bluefield College - - West Virginia, United States Marriage - 17 Jun 1950 - Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, United States Death - 14 Dec 1999 - Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States Burial - 20 Dec 1999 - Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		Cecil D. Gray
  		Cecil Gray, Christmas 1978
  		Cecil's first grandchild, Kristen

  
  

• Notes

  Cecil Gray was a native of Bluefield, WV, and he was educated in the Bluefield schools. He attended Concord College in Athens, WV, and Bluefield College. He was employed at Armour and Company from 1950-52. He began his career in sales with Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Lamp Division, in 1953. He was District Sales Manager, Kansas City, MO, 1970-78; Marketing Manager, Bloomfield, NJ, 1978; Regional Sales Manager, Philadelphia, 1978-83. With the sale of Westinghouse Lamp Division to North American Phillips, he served as Regional Sales Manager, Atlanta, 1983-86. At his death, he was a member of Roswell Presbyterian Church, Roswell, GA, where his funeral was held on December 18, 1999. He was a talented pianist who played professionally for a number of years. As a teenager, he hosted and performed for a live weekly radio broadcast of piano music on a Bluefield radio station. He was a member of a popular combo which played club dates throughout West Virginia and Virginia for several years. In his retirement in Atlanta, he accompanied a singing group which performed regularly in senior-citizen centers, retirement homes, and other venues.

  
  

• Sources

  [S239] Obituary, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dec. 16, 1999. (Reliability: 3). [S2012] Cecil Dale Gray in household of Louis F Gray, "United States Census, 1940". [S2013] Cecil Gray in household of Lewis Gray, "United States Census, 1930". [S609] SSDI. 232-46-0824 [S839] FamSch WV Marriages 1853-1970, 13 August 2012; Cecil Dale Gray and Virginia Patricia Murphy, 1950. [S134514] Cecil Dale Gray, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970". [S134516] Virginia Patricia Murphy, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970".