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Show T. L. Gray of Minersville Dies Suddenly Thomas L. (Lutellus) Gray, 71, a resident of Minersville for the past 39 years, died suddenly at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Bertha Holmes at Beaver, Saturday, of sudden dilation of the heart. Mr. and Mrs., Gray had gone to the home of their daughter Friday Fri-day evening in readiness to attend the Southern Utah Music festival Saturday, in which hey had several grandchildren participating. Feeling Feel-ing in the best of health during the early morning hours, Mr. Gray was stricken suddenly while getting get-ting ready to attend the festival and died four hours later. He was one . of the first white children iborn in St. George, October Octo-ber 1, 1867, a son of Benjamin B. and Jerusha Burdick Gray, early ! Dixie pioneers who were living in i a cellar at tbe time. At the age of 13 years, Mr. Gray began to .freight between St. George, Milford Mil-ford and Pioche, Nevada. He married mar-ried Charlotte N. Wood of Minersville, Miners-ville, January 2, 1892, at Beaver. They made their home in St. George until 1899, when they moved to Minersville, where he engaged in mining and freighting until late years when he had become an expert ex-pert truck gardener. IMr. Gray was a member of the L. D. S. church. His widow and four of his nne j sons and daughters survive: Mrs.! Bertha Holmes of Beaver; Mrs.' Myrtle Seegmiller of Richfield; Thomas Marvin Gray of Miners-! ville; and James Merle Gray of j Adamsville; 13 grandchildren; two: brothers: Frank Gray of Los! Angeles, California, and C. Bert , Gray of Minersville. M I |