Source: http://www.txgenweb2.org/txmontgomery/tyler_county_booster_obituaries_1997_2003.pdf

Iva Brown Gray

Iva Brown Gray, 95, of Colmesneil, Texas, died Friday, January 19, 2001, at Tyler County Hospital in Woodville after a lengthy illness.

Funeral services were held Sunday, January 21, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Colmesneil. Officiating at the services was Brother David Miller, pastor of First Baptist Church of Colmesneil.

Serving as pallbearers were J.T. Brown, Charlie Branch, Steve Brown, Jeremy Brown, and Glen Brown.

Visitation was held on Saturday, January 20, from 5 - 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mrs. Gray was the oldest of four children and was born to Eula Allen and Elishia Butler on October 13, 1905 in Colmesneil, Texas. For many years she was a actively involved in First Baptist Church of Colmesneil, where she was a member of the Dorcas Sunday School Class and the choir. She will be remembered for her faithful work as Benevolent Chairman. As a member of the Colmesneil Order of the Eastern Star, she enjoyed the fellowship where she served as treasurer for several years. She enjoyed sharing her love of cooking and preserving foods, her gardening skills, her knowledge of her family history, and the history of the Colmesneil area. Her family and friends will treasure these special memories of her life.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Elishia and Eula Butler, husband, Jeff Gray, sister, Odna Ogden, and her brother, Cecil Butler. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, James Harold and Jackie Brown, Kenneth and Joyce Brown, and Travis and Evone Brown all of Colmesneil; sister, Hallie Mae Jones of Austin; nine grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.

Services were under the direction of Stringer and Griffin Funeral Home of Woodville.