Etta M. Gray

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Etta Mae Gray, 77, passed away Jan. 1, 2011 at Winter Haven Hospital. Mrs. Gray was born Feb. 14, 1933 in Hermandale, MO and moved to Fort Meade from Steele, MO in 1972. She was a homemaker and member of New Beginnings Church of God, Fort Meade. Mrs. Gray was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Gray, son, Larry Allison, brothers, Charles Allison, Lester Allison, Tony Allison, sisters, Tilda Wiseman, Mildred Sothard, Mary Lou Scott. She is survived by her son, Bill Allison and wife Melinda, Steele, MO; daughter, Jean Forbus, Fort Meade, FL; brothers, Chester Lee Allison, Arlington, TN, Jesse James Allison, Steele, MO, Kenneth Allison, Fenton, MO; sisters, Dora Hays, Memphis, TN, Glenda Winters and Ruth Carlton, both of Steele, MO; grandchildren, Danny & Sheryl Forbus, Kim and Kyle Strickland, Gregory Manning all of Fort Meade, FL, Karry Allison and Holly Allison, both of Steele, MO and Bo and Kim Allison of Arkansas; 14 Great-Grandchildren. Visitation will be held 6:00pm-8:00pm Tues., Jan 4, 2010 at Hancock Funeral Home, Ft. Meade. Funeral services will be held 2:00pm, Wed. Jan. 5, 2010 at the New Beginnings Church of God with Rev. Larry Barrentine officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Meade. Hancock Funeral Home, Fort Meade. 863-285-8171