Peggy F. Gray

Published 11:38 am Wednesday, July 1, 2020

By Holley Cochran

Graveside Services for Mrs. Peggy Fortenberry Gray were held Saturday, June 20, 2020, at 1 p.m. at the Prentiss Cemetery.

Mrs. Gray was 87 years of age and passed away from this life on Friday, June 12, 2020, in Arlington, Texas.

She was a former resident of Kenner, Louisiana.

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Saulters Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Peggy Marie Fortenberry Gray was born on July 30, 1932, in Silver Creek to John Rex Fortenberry and Jewel Elizabeth Polk Fortenberry.

Mrs. Gray was a retired manager for the Pan Amoco Credit Union. She was a member of Old Silver Creek Baptist Church and the First Baptist Church of Kenner.

Mrs. Gray was preceded in death by her mother and father; her husband, Wesley Neal Gray Sr; three sisters,  Alagene and Emogene Wingo and Barbara Watson; and one brother, Lyndell Fortenberry.

Survivors include a daughter, Emily Neufeld (Peter) of Arlington, Texas; a son, Wesley Neal Gray Jr (Hoang) of Kenner, Louisiana; five grandchildren, Lauren, Kimberly, Katherine, Patrick and Matthew; as well as a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.

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