This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gray, Prescott, Waters, Hall, Chaney, McGarry, Henry, Hastings, Carpenter Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1578 Message Board Post: Harold L. Gray, age 78, of Hastings died Saturday, May 14, 2005 at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. Mr. Gray was born on April 10, 1927 in Somerset Center, the son of Hazen and Jessie (Prescott) Gray. He came to the Hastings area as a child and attended Hastings schools, graduating in 1944 from Hastings High School. He also attended the Battle Creek School of the Deaf. He was married to Metha M. Waters in May 1954 and she died August 31, 1970. He married Shirley K. Hall on May 23, 1922 (sic??). Harold was engaged in truck driving all his working life. Most recently for Barry County Transit. He was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, an avid reader, enjoyed hunting as a young man and gardening, especially proud of his tomatoes. Mr. Gray is survived by his wife, Shirley; daughters, Rebecca Chaney of Syracuse, IN; Susan (Patrick) McGarry of Grand Rapids; five grandchildren; two great grandchildren; step-children, Jay and Jennifer Henry of Coldwa! ter and Tricia and Wes Hastings of Lafayette, IN; four step grandchildren; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Ernie and Joyce Hall, Bud and Shirley Waters, Marv and Bev Hall, Bev and Keith Carpenter; nieces and nephews. Services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at Hastings Emmanuel Episcopal Church with Rev. Charles P. McCabe officiating. (The Hastings "Reminder" - Tuesday, May 17, 2005) Transcriber has no family connection