HURDLE MILLS - Thomas Tilley Gray, 71, of 8585 Hurdle Mills Road, died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007, at his home. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, Jan. 24) at Wheeler’s Primitive Baptist Church by Elder Pete Hendrix, the Rev. Craig Willingham, and the Rev. Doug Wagner. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Born in Person County, he was the son of the late Alphonas “Al” and Inez Tilley Gray. Mr. Gray worked at Talbert Building Supply.

Surviving: his wife, Carolyn Rimmer Gray; two sons, Thomas Ray Gray of Greensboro and Tony Lane Gray of Franklinton; two daughters, Tina G. Sellers of Hurdle Mills and Tonya G. Albright of Rougemont; four brothers, C.W. Gray of Roxboro, Mertis Gray of Greensboro, Henry Gray of Liberty, and Reade Gray of Morrisville; one sister, Geraldine G. McKee of Rougemont; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Memorials may be made to Wheeler’s Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Rueben Bowes, 536 Leasburg Rd., Roxboro, NC, 27573; Home Health & Hospice of Person County, 355A S. Madison Blvd., Roxboro, NC, 27573; or Hurdle Mills Volunteer Fire Department, P. O. Box 160, Hurdle Mills, NC, 27541.