This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GRAY, SAWYER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2080.1 Message Board Post: Obituary from the Modesto Bee, August 7-8, 1937, p 6 PIONEER GROCERY STORE OWNER AT OAKDALE SUCCUMBS OAKDALE, July 7 - Newton B. Gray, 66, pioneer of the Oakdale district, died last night at the family home on F Street. He was born June 8, 1871, on the Grey (sic) ranch six miles east of Oakdale on the Cooperstown Road. Gray received his education in the local schools. In 1905, he and his brother, W. R. Gray, established the Gray Bros. Grocery on East Railroad Avenue. Retiring from active business a few years ago, they sold the store to Charles Gray, son of N. B. Gray. Ill for over a year, it was only within the past few weeks that his condition became serious. Gray leaves two children, Charles Gray and Mrs. Verne Sawyer of Oakdale, and two brothers, Frank Gray of Santa Cruz and W. R. Gray of Oakdale. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at the Oakdale Undertaking Parlor with interment in the Citizens Cemetery. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank