Roy Franklin Gray, Sr., 61, of Norman Park passed away Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at Tift Regional Medical Center. His funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, June 23, 2023, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with Pastor Barry Watson and the Rev. Dr. Joan Whittaker officiating. Mr. Gray will be laid to rest at Rocky Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Worth County with the Rev. Dr. Bobby Whittaker officiating. The family will receive friends on Friday, June 23, 2023, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals from 1:00 p.m. until the hour of the service.
Roy “B.J.” Gray, Jr., Matthew Henderson, Gavin Henderson, Pete McAllister, Joe Gray, Dexter Carlton and Chris Carlton will serve as pallbearers.
Born October 24, 1961, in Moultrie, Mr. Gray was the son of Geraldine McCall Gray of Moultrie and the late Doyle Gray. In addition to his father, Mr. Gray was also preceded in death by one son, Anthony Wayne “Tony” Gray; one sister, Leslie Gray Henderson; his paternal grandparents, Frank and Lettie Gray; and his maternal grandparents, Roy and Sarah McCall.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Gray is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, B.J. and Christie Gray of Tifton; one daughter and son-in-law, Krystal and Austin Youngblood of Camp LeJeune, North Carolina; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Sherri and Beau Sherman and Marcie Gray, all of Moultrie; and three grandchildren, Chloe Hubbell, Jackson Hubbell and Emily Gray.