Leonard Gray Sr.
Posted: August 7, 2009
MACON — Leonard Gray Sr., 93, died Aug. 1, 2009, at Riley Hospital in Meridian. Services are Saturday at 1 p.m. at Providence MB Church with the Rev. Willie Ivy Sr. officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery in Macon. Visitation is today from noon-5 p.m. at Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Macon. Mr. Gray was born Feb. 16, 1916, in McLoud to the late Cy and Lorean Gray. He is a retired factory worker. He was a member of Providence MB Church in Macon. He is survived by his wife, Viola Little Gray, of Macon; daughters, Ida Williams, of Detroit, Yvoone Price, of Cleveland, Lannie Gray, of Detroit, Lela Rush, of Cleveland, Pasty Gray, of Macon and Loulis Little, of Shuqualak; sister, Cemisher Jenkins, of Cincinnati; stepdaughters, Sallie and Hattie Elston, Georgia Wilson and Maxine Weston, all of Macon, and Annie Timley, of Decatur, Ga.; stepsons, James, Clemmie, Eddie Little, all of Macon, Willie Little, of Lauderdale and Joe Little, of Jackson; 17 grandchildren, 48 stepgrandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, 41 stepgreat-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. Pallbearers are his grandsons.