Doug Gray (3-23-09) services 3-25-09

Owen Douglas "Doug" Gray was born in Savannah on Feb. 2, 1936, the son of the late Ulysses Prim and Lizzie Stricklin Gray. On Nov. 7, 1959, he was united in marriage to Maxell Franks, who survives. Mr. Gray was owner and operator of Gray’s Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning for 48 years. He enjoyed coon hunting, raising coon dogs and riding horses. Mr. Gray was a good honest man who loved his family. He was the best daddy ever and a good husband and provider. Mr. Gray lived in Hardin County all of his life. He departed this life on Monday, March 23, at his residence in Adamsville, at the age of 73 years, 1 month and 21 days. Other than his wife, Maxell of Adamsville, he is survived by three daughters, Sherry Nell Gray Garner, Julia Gaye Hansen and her husband James and Stephanie Jill Willoughby and her husband Greg, all of Savannah; three sons, Pete Gray and his wife Pam of Savannah, Barry Max Gray and his wife Amy of Somerville, Tenn. and Christopher Owen Gray and his wife Julie of Smyrna, Tenn.; 12 grandchildren, Carly Gray, Josh Gray, Beth Gray, Jonathan Garner, Ashton Hansen, Morgan Willoughby, Molly Willoughby, Aly Gray, Maggie Gray, Carrie Gray, Emma Gray and Owen Gray; one great-grandchild, Payton Todd; two sisters, Shirley McDonald and Jodie Carroll, both of Savannah; one brother, Kenneth Gray of Savannah. Services were held on Wednesday, March 25, at 1 p.m., at Shackelford Chapel in Savannah, with Paul Edmiston officiating. Burial was in the Mount Hermon Cemetery at Hardin County. Memorial donations can be made to the Daryl Worley Cancer Foundation in Hardin County.