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Mary Isobel Gregson

1917 - 2017

Mary Isobel Gregson obituary, 1917-2017, Winston-Salem, NC

BORN

1917

DIED

2017

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Frank Vogler & Sons

2951 Reynolda Road

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Mary Gregson Obituary

Mary Isobel (Gannaway) Gregson died peacefully on May 10, 2017, in Winston-Salem, NC. Mrs. Gregson was born on November 15, 1917, in Lynchburg, VA, to Mary Nelson and John Edward Gannaway, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Page Nelson (Gannaway) Carrington of Lynchburg, VA, and by her husband of sixty-four years, James Randolph Gregson of Jonesboro, AK, former President of the United States Tennis Association, with whom she lived in New Orleans for over fifty years. A member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and a former member of the Junior League of New Orleans, she was a devout member of Trinity Episcopal Church of New Orleans and a long-time member of the New Orleans Lawn Tennis Club. Mrs. Gregson is survived by her children, Page Nelson (Gregson) Cole (Gregory Dale Cole) and John Randolph Gregson II, and her grandchildren, Alexandra Duval Gillis and Graham Webster Gillis, and Charlotte Reily Gregson and John Randolph Gregson III, and great-grandchild Gabriel Gillis. Condolences may be sent through Frank Vogler & Sons Funeral Home, Winston-Salem, NC (www.frankvoglerandsons.com).

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Published by The Times-Picayune from May 12 to May 14, 2017.

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Sigrid Draper

May 15, 2017

Judge Kelleher and I spent many wonderful times with Isobel and Randy throughout the many USTA EVENTS all these years. Many laughs . Your Mother was an absolute delight. She LOVED YOUR FATHER and delighted in talking about you.

She has now been welcomed in the arms of so many of her friends. I will miss her but know that what she took with her is no greater than what she left behind in her Children , grandchildren and those whose lives she touched!

Sigrid Draper

May 15, 2017

When I moved to New Orleans in 1972, a newly divorced mother of three small children, I bought a small, simple house that faced Isobel and Randy's garage and back door. This very, very good-looking couple befriended the knew-nobody Yankee teacher who had just moved to New Orleans and introduced me to the neighbors and others. I loved them both and will always remember their kindness, generosity, and above-all, wonderful parties in a most magnificent house. Love and gratitude always to Isobel, Carol Gelderman

May 13, 2017

Your mother was so very special to us, the Burnett children. The memories of our youth in Marrero always contain stories of our families together.
Our prayers are with you Page and Randy.
Brownie, Lily, Jack and Mal Burnett

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