Marshall and Virginia Braboy Gray
John Marshall Gray was born on May 1, 1932 in the Mount Pleasant community of Trigg County, Kentucky. He was the fourth of five children born to Andrew Abner Gray and Lola Jo Bridges Gray. Andrew was a farmer and both he and Lola Jo were natives of Trigg County. Marshall was a descendant of Starkie Bridges.
Marshall’s siblings were Homer Mason Gray, born in 1922 and died at the age of one; George Manley Gray, born in 1924 and married Marilyn Miller Clark; Stella Mae Gray, born in 1925 and married Maurice Alton Thomas; and Lola Jewell Gray, born in 1943 and married Robert Arrice Prescott.
Marshall went to elementary school at the one-room Maple Grove School and later attended Trigg County High School. He obtained his diploma in heating and plumbing from the ICS.
On November 26, 1952, Marshall married Virginia Nell Braboy in Hopkinsville, Kentucky in the home of the Rev. J. H. Maddox. Virginia was born on May 9, 1934 in Trigg County, Kentucky at the Braboy homestead located next to the Cumberland River near the mouth of Little River. She was the oldest of three daughters of Boyce Taylor Braboy and Martha Helen Terrell Braboy. Boyce was a farmer and both he and Martha were natives of Trigg County. Virginia was a descendant of Simco N. Bridges.
Virginia’s siblings were Bernice Rhea Braboy, born in 1940 and married Jesse Reide Brown and Janice Carol Braboy, born in 1944 and married Robert Michael Holloman and later married Troy Lee Josey and then married Joe Powell.
Virginia attended elementary school in the rural Trigg County schools and went on to graduate from Trigg County High School in 1952. She then attended Draughon’s Business College in Nashville, Tennessee where she received her Advance Secretarial Diploma on November 21, 1952. She attained the rating of Certified Professional Secretary in 1976 from the Professional Secretaries International.
In early 1953. Marshall and Virginia moved to Detroit, Michigan where Marshall worked in the heating and plumbing business. In 1962 they returned to Trigg County where Marshall worked as a heavy equipment operator and later was employed with the Tennessee Valley Authority in the Land Between the Lakes. Virginia became an executive secretary at Hoover Universal in Cadiz, Kentucky in October 1965 and was one of the first employees hired at the new local plant.
Marshall and Virginia were the parents of three children, Marcia Lynn Gray, born in 1953 and married James Steven Rutland; Lydia Carleen Gray, born in 1955 and married Scott Paul Bosse; and James Ronald Gray, born in 1956 and married Reta Ann Futrell Nolin.
Marshall died on November 7, 2014 at the age of 82 from complications of Parkinson’s disease at the Benchmark Healthcare in Puryear, Tennessee. He was buried in the East End Cemetery in Cadiz. Virginia died on June 7, 2020 at the age of 86 from pneumonia at the Brookdale Assisted Living in Murray, Kentucky. She was buried in the East End Cemetery next to her husband.
Marshall Gray
Virginia Braboy Gray
Young Marshall and Virginia
Marshall and Virginia tombstone
LINEAGE: (John Marshall Gray is the son of Andrew Abner and Lola Jo Bridges Gray. Lola Jo is the first child of Drew Manley and Lena Mae Guier Bridges. Drew is the seventh child of Starkie T. and Elizabeth W. Lawrence Bridges. Starkie is the second child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges. William is the fourth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)
(Virginia Nell Braboy is the daughter of Boyce Taylor and Martha Helen Terrell Braboy. Martha is the fifth child of Robert and Emma Skaggs Bridges Terrell. Emma is the fifth child of William Joseph and Sarah Wills Bridges. William Joseph is the first child of Simco N. and Emeline Martin Bridges. Simco is the third child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges. William is the fourth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)
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