Nanette Gray

Nanette (Cox) Gray, 84, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, at Evergreen Health Care Center in Stafford Springs. She was dearly loved by family and friends. "Nanny" was well known for her kind, gentle, and giving spirit.

She was born in Hartford, the daughter of the late Milton and Marion Cox. She met her husband "Corky" while working in the photo lab at Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford. They lived and raised their family in Glastonbury and Manchester. Nanette was also a beloved member of the Manchester, Vernon, and Stafford Springs congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Nanette was predeceased by her husband of 52 years, Cortland Gray; also her brother, Roger Cox of Berlin, N.Y., and his wife, Doree. She was the loving mother of four children, Scott Gray, Randy Gray, and wife, Suzanne, Barry Gray, Melanie (Gray) Wilcox, and husband, Darren. "Grandma Nanny of the North" was dearly loved by her seven grandchildren, Caroline, Preston, Harrison, Reagan, Brandon, Connor, and Bradley. Nan is also survived by her brother, Bradford Cox and wife, Carol, of New Hampshire; her sister, Susan Swafford and husband, Walter, of North Carolina; sister-in-law, JoAnn (Gray) Hoff and husband, Robert, of North Carolina; and many nieces and nephews and their families.

There will be calling hours on Friday, Jan. 24, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the John F. Tierney Funeral Home, 219 W. Center St, Manchester.

A private burial is scheduled.

A memorial talk will be given Saturday, Jan. 25, at 2 p.m. at the Stafford Springs Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 79 Crystal Lake Road, Stafford Springs, CT.

Memorial donations in her memory can be made to Evergreen Health Care Center Resident Recreation Fund, 205 Chestnut Hill Road, Stafford Springs, CT 06076; and Visiting Nurse & Health Services of Connecticut Inc., 8 Keynote Drive, Vernon CT 06066.

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