Helen Somerville GRAY

GRAY, Helen Somerville, 92, of Richmond, died October 22, 2009 at Westminster Canterbury. She was preceded in death by her parents, Julian Briggs Gray and Helen Thorburn Somerville; sister, Mary Howison Gray Morgan; and brothers, James Somerville Gray and Julian Thorburn Gray. She is survived by her two nieces, Emma Gray Frye and husband, Joseph, of Charlotte, N.C. and Julia Gray Hammett and husband, Herbert, of LaGrange, Ga. Miss Gray was a graduate of Westhampton College in Richmond and was employed in the Accounting Department of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company for 25 years. She was a lifelong resident of Richmond, having lived much of her life on Gun Club Road. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, October 26, in the chapel of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, with interment to follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church. The Central Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.