Wynell Gray

1936 - 2020

BORN

1936

DIED

2020

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Wynell Gray Obituary

GUYTON - Wynell Owens Gray, 83, passed away January 5, 2020, with her family by her side.
She was born to the late Talmadge and Grace Everett Owens on July 29, 1936, in Guyton. Wynell graduated from Guyton High School in 1954 and attended Georgia Southern College. She worked for the United States Postal Service in Springfield.
Wynell loved her Lord and served Him in missions, teaching and various ministries through New Providence Baptist Church.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Milton Gray, and her brother, Drew Owens.
Wynell is survived by her daughters, Melanie Reiser (Randy), Teressa Marsh (Charles), Lisa Tebeau (Randal), Carla Eubanks (Hal); grandchildren, Heather Moore (Ryan), Chad Marsh (Emily), Candace Baird (Joshua), Erica Womack (Joel), Whitney Huffingham (Andrew), Chelsea Eubanks; great-grandchildren, Sydney and Taylor Womack, Caelyn, Addison, and Wyatt Baird, Charlotte Grace, Jack, Penn, and Anniston Gray Moore; a sister-in-law, Linda Owens; and nephew, Chris Owens.
The family would like to extend thanks to the staff of Regency Hospice and The Gardens of Statesboro for the care shown to their mother.
Funeral services were conducted Jan. 7, 2019, at New Providence Baptist Church. Interment followed at Elkins Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to Three Tethered Trees Ministry, c/o Chelsea Eubanks, 999 Honeyridge Road, Guyton, Ga. 31312 or CMA (Christian Motorcycle Association) Run for the Son, P.O. Box 9, Hatfield, Ark. 71945.
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel. 754-6421

Published by Effingham Herald from Jan. 8 to Jan. 14, 2020.
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