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Olan Walter "O.W." Gray 1923 - 1974

Olan Walter Gray of Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas United States was born on November 4, 1923 in Claiborne Parish County, LA, and died at age 50 years old in September 1974 in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, TX. Olan Gray was buried at Johnson Memorial Park Cemetery in Groves.

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    Olan Walter Gray was born on November 4, 1923 in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, USA to parents Willie Shepard Gray (1891-1944) and Pricilla Buggs (1898-1991). He had siblings Samuel Willie Gray Sr (1916-1982), Mary Gray (1918-1925), and Robert Till Gray (1922-2000). On January 20, 1945 he married Marie Clark Gray (1924–1978) in Jefferson, Texas, USA. The couple resided in Port Arthur, Texas, USA and had children together including Charles Wayne Gray (1950-1993), Michiele Denise Gray (1951-2012), Deborah Jeanette Gray- Riggs (1952-2003), and Kenneth Earl Gray (1960-1989).
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    When Olan Walter Gray was born on November 4, 1923, in Ruston, Louisiana, his father, Willie Shepard , was 32 and his mother, Priscilla Buggs , was 39. Both of his parents were born in raised in Louisiana.

  • Nationality & Locations

    OW Gray was born in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, USA and grew up in Union, Louisiana, USA. He later moved to Texas and resided in Port Arthur, Texas, USA.

  • Personal Life & Family

    He had one son James Gray (1940-1989) with Bessie Mae Powell. He then married Marie Clark (1924-1978) in 1945 and they had eight children together including Michelle Denise Booker (1951-2012), Deborah Jeanette Gray Riggs (1952-2003), and Kenneth Earl Gray (1960-1989). Olan was also in a relationship with Margaret Ann Jones Henner (1942-2007).
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