Marion Gray

MARION GLADDEN GRAY, 78, OF THE RANDALL COMMUNITY, WENT TO HIS ETERNAL HOME WITH HIS  SAVIOR ON JANUARY 27TH.  MARION WAS BORN IN 1943 TO BURNIS AND CLARICE “DOLL” GRAY. AFTER GRADUATING FROM PINE  BLUFF HIGH, HE VOLUNTEERED AS A MOUNTED PATROLMAN FOR THE JEFFERSON CO SHERIFFS DEPT.  HE WAS EMPLOYED BY INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO FOR 42 YEARS WHERE HE WORKED ON THE  EXTRUDER SND EVENTUALLY GENERAL YARD AS THE LANDFILL OPERATOR.  HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND HIS FAITHFUL COMPANION, SCAMP. MARION LIVED HIS LIFE IN SERVICE OF HIS HEAVENLY FATHER AND IS AT HIS NEW ADDRESS WITH HIS  SAVIOR.

THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, MARION LIVED A GODLY EXAMPLE OF A CHRISTIAN MAN, HUSBAND, FATHER,  GRANDFATHER AND FRIEND. HE LIVED HIS LIFE WITH INTEGRITY AND HUMILITY.

HE AND HIS SOULMATE SPENT ALMOST 58 YEARS IN TOTAL DEVOTION TO EACH OTHER. MARION  MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, BARBARA “BOBBI” IN 1964 AND HE IS SURVIVED BY HER. HE IS ALSO  SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS, DENISE (JOHN) SMITH OF RISON, LAURIE ANN (MICHAEL) ADAIR OF  RYE, 5 GRANDCHILDREN, MICHAEL (CHASITY) SMITH, EMMA SMITH, JACOB (KYLI) GREEN, SARAH GREEN  AND A.J. ADAIR AND TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, MATTHEW AND CONNOR. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY  HIS LOVING DOG, GRETCHEN.

CREMATION ARRANGEMENTS BY BUIE FUNERAL HOME OF RISON (870) 325-6216.