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Elmon Gray

Norfolk, Virginia

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Elmon Taylor Gray RICHMOND - Elmon Taylor Gray of Richmond, formerly of Waverly, Va., died Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011, at the age of 86. He was the son of Garland and Agnes Taylor Gray and was predeceased by his beloved wife of 62 years, Pamela Burnside Gray and by his sister, Florence Gray...

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On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Eppington Foundation I would like to express our most sincere condolences to the entire family for the loss of your father. He was the Honorary Chairman of our Foundation. His leadership and vision will be greatly missed.

Most sincerely,

Don Gardner
Major General, USMC (Ret)
President
Eppington Foundation

To Kay, G.G., and Bruce
Your father was the perfect polished Southern gentleman. His generosity provided many of the opportunities I had in school and the community as a child. I had the privilege of knowing you grandfather, father and the three of you. For so many years the lives of our families have crossed each other. My father and your grandfather were great friends as well as your father and mine. We all went to school together.We worked on our High School Yearbook together. We...

I wanted to write and express my condolences to the Gray family. I will always remember Senator Gray as a kind and generous man. My grandfather, Hinton Neblett, worked with Senator Gray at the Bank of Waverly for many years and always spoke highly of having him as a friend and partner in the bank. As a youngster, Senator Gray had always taken an interest in me. I especially am fond of the wonderful letter he wrote me on my graduation from high school. I enjoy reading it periodically as...

I am grateful to Sen. Gray for helping provide my daughters with a wonderful education at Stuart Hall where he served as our most significant benefactor during my 10 years there as an administrator. Thanks to a generous tuition remission policy, my daughters were able to obtain a first-rate education which included excellent academics, outstanding training in the visual arts and in creative writing, leadership opportunities, and a working understanding of what it means to "do the right...

To the Gray family,

The Senator was also a teacher. He and his deskmate, Howard Anderson taught me, as a rookie General Assembly reporter, the ins and outs of what and why something was happening on or off the floor. What they had to say was always straight down the middle, even if it involved an issue they opposed.

Slowly but surely their generation of legislators, lobbyists and "charactors" is heading to that great General Assembly in the sky.

Many of the...