Dorothy Jean Gray

Former Grants Pass resident, Dorothy Jean Gray, age 91, of Winston, died Friday, January 2, 2015 at her home.

A viewing will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 16, 2015 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors.

A funeral service will follow at 12 Noon, Friday, January 16, 2015 at Hull & Hull Chapel with Pastor Phil Anderson officiating. A gathering will follow at Abby’s Pizza on Williams Highway.
Private interment will be at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens.

Memorial donations may be made to American Cancer Society, 31 W 6th Street, Medford, Oregon 97501.

Dorothy was born October 21, 1923 in Owensboro, Kentucky to Omer & Dorothy Blanford. She met her husband, “Barney” at a U.S.O. dance in Kentucky while he was serving in the United States Army. On April 14, 1946 in Owensboro she married Byron Eugene “Barney” Gray in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The day after their wedding, they traveled to the Applegate Valley. From 1958 to 1971 they owned and operated the Pine Springs Service Station & Grocery Store in Murphy on Williams Highway. In 1971 they bought a house on Rogue River Highway and Dorothy helped Barney with his tractor service until his death in 1998. Then she moved from Grants Pass to the Roseburg area in 1999.

She enjoyed helping and volunteering with her grandchildren’s Brownie Troup and helped with parades, camping and yard sales. She loved children and over the years she helped needy families with food and provided safe shelter for many children and teens. Dorothy also helped with the Jerry Lewis Telethon fundraiser and made over $700 in a home carnival which was then presented at a Medford T.V. Station

Dorothy was a member of Provolt Community Church.

Survivors include two daughters, Linda Kelley of Salem, Oregon and Judy Hyatt of Winston, Oregon and a son Michael Gray of Grants Pass; 10 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.

Preceding her in death was her husband Barney Gray in May 1998; her grandchild, Jessica Lynn Kelley in April 1988 and a son-in-law, Gerald Lawrence “Jerry” Kelley in October 2006.