Johnny Gray, 78

SELBYVILLE - Johnny Gray of Selbyville died Monday, Oct. 29, 2007, in Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, Md. He was 78.

Johnny was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10159, Salisbury.

He retired from the U.S. Post Office in Selbyville after 18 years of service. Prior to this, he worked 29 years as a factory worker in Selbyville and Georgetown.

Johnny was educated at the Phillip C. Showell School, Selbyville.

He loved to travel and enjoyed B.B. King concerts and gospel music.

Johnny was a member of Cross of Christ Church, Berlin, Md.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Johnny and Sylvester (Watson) Gray; and a stepson, Calvin Smith.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia Watson Gray; children, Johnny Gray Jr. and wife Gloria of Pine Bluff, Ark., Cornell Gray and wife Sharon of Seaford, Marvin Keaton and wife Evangeline of Frankford, Timothy Keaton of Laurel, Serina Green and husband Thomas of Middletown, Marlina Blout and husband Ray of Hebron, Md., and Hilla Ann Jackson and husband Garnet of Bridgeville; daughter-in-law, Teresa Smith of Bridgeport, Conn.; sisters-in-law, Lottie Harmon and Louise Douglas, both of Salisbury; brother-in-law, Jessie Watson of Fruitland, Md.; stepchildren, John Carter of North Carolina, Richard Carter of Frankford, Virginia Roberts of Salisbury, Vincent Carter of Salisbury and Christina Johnson of Salisbury; nine grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and a host of relatives and friends.

Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Calvary Pentecostal Church, Bishopville, Md., where friends may call from 9 to 11 a.m.

Pastor Laura Gordon will officiate.

Burial will be 1 p.m. Monday in Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 100 W. 10th St., Suite 1002, Wilmington, DE 19801.

E-mail letters of condolence to watsonfh@verizon.net or on the funeral home's Web site at www.watsonfh.com.