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Mrs. Emma Laura Ball Gray

  • July 14, 1924 - January 15, 2012
  • Columbia, South Carolina
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“I was the person who was detailed to begin the All South Federal Credit Union. Your Dad joined as Manager in Oct l960 and your dear Mother joined...Read More » ”
1 of 4 | Posted by: Bobby J. Long - Columbia, SC

“Mrs. Gray, Thank you for the kindness, the good conversations, for the good advice you gave, and for caring. You will be missed. Ronald Williams ”
2 of 4 | Posted by: Ronald & Sherron Williams - SC

“Grandma we love you so very much! May you rest in peace with Grandpa, Tammy, and Toi. Please give them all a big hug and kiss from all of us. You...Read More » ”
3 of 4 | Posted by: Kevin Meetze - Millbrook, AL

“The staff of Dunbar Funeral Home extends deepest sympathy to the Gray family. ”
4 of 4 | Posted by: Joey Tanner - Columbia, SC


COLUMBIA - Graveside service for Emma Laura Ball Gray, 87, will be held 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at Crescent Hill Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. The family will receive friends following the service at graveside. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, is assisting the family.
Mrs. Gray, wife of the late Cecil Olin Gray, died Sunday, January 15, 2012. Born in Phelan, Ark., she was a daughter of the late Homer Casell Ball and Victoria Everett Ball. She worked for Fort Jackson Federal Credit Union for 17 years where she was the head of the Accounting Department. She was a member of the First Church of God, Covenant Road.
Surviving are daughters, Rebecca G. Collins (G. Winston, Sr.) of West Columbia, Victoria "Vicki" G. Meetze (John C.) of Auburn, Ala.; grandchildren, Laura C. Gilliam of West Columbia,
G. Winston Collins II of Blythewood, Bryan C. Collins (Shauna) of West Columbia, Heather M. James (Mark) of Advance, N.C., Kevin R. Meetze (Kathye) of Millbrook, Ala.; seven great-grandchildren, Lacee, Shawn II, Jessi, Haley, Jordan, Nick, Ali; and one great-great-grandchild, Collin.
Memorials may be made to First Church of God, 2665 Covenant Road, Columbia SC 29204.