Claudie Alfred Gray

   Claudie Alfred Gray, 59, died on Tuesday Aug. 25, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, Aug. 31, 2015 at the Calvary Baptist Church with Tommy Spencer of Amarillo and Cliff Hutchins of Jacksonville, Ar., a cousin, officiating. A graveside service will follow at 3 p.m., at Memory Gardens in Weatherford officiated by Clark Bosher of Aledo.
   Gray was born on March 23, 1956, to Claudie Lee (Dock) Gray and Margie Lee Stogsdill Gray. He graduated from Vernon High School in 1974 and attended Vernon College. He was a member of the Vernon Riding Club and Vernon Jaycees and was a deacon and member of Calvary Baptist Church. He previously worked at the Vernon Fire Department, Waggoner Ranch, O BAR O Ranch, Vernon Feedlot, Vernon Vet Clinic, and Wright Brand Foods, and most recently worked at Holmes Smokehouse in Lufkin.
Survivors include his wife, Sandy Gray, of San Antonio; daughters, Rebecca Lynn Byars of Weatherford, Casey Lynn Dunson of Vernon and Ciara Nicole Gray of Vernon; stepson, James Higgs of Borene; a sister, Kathy Richardson of Arlington; one grandchild; six step-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews, cousins and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his parents, and a sister, Sherry Lorraine Gray Tidwell.
   Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday Aug. 30, 2015  Sullivan Funeral Home.
   Donations can be made to Sullivan Funeral Home.
   Online condolences may be made at www.sullivanfuneralhomevernon.com.