Mr. Lewis Rufus Gray, Jr., 78, of Coffeeville, passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi in Oxford. He was born October 11, 1939 in Grenada County to Lewis Rufus Sr. and Margaret Bessie Vickery Gray. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Coffeeville and a retired Corrections Officer with the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, March 2, 2018 at First Baptist Church in Coffeeville with Rev. Truman Scarborough and Rev. Craig Baker officiating. Interment will follow in the Coffeeville Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service Friday at the church.

Survivors include one daughter, Tina Evans of Coffeeville; two sons, William Lewis "Bill" Gray of Paris and Jonathan Wayne Gray and his wife Stephanie of Wiggins; three sisters, Rebecca McCullar (William) of Coffeeville, Carolyn McCormack (Jack) of Coffeeville and Ellen Harper (Paul) of Canton, GA; four brothers, David Gray of Coffeeville, Larry Gray (Barbara) of Water Valley, Rodney Gray (Cheryl) of Conroy, TX and Donald Gray (Sherry) of Water Valley; 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife of 54 years, Delores Sanders Gray; one son, Michael Len Gray and a grandson, Nathan Gray.

Pallbearers will be Jamie Arbuckle, Christopher Gray, Michael Gray, Steven Kendall, Jason Nelson and Josh Smith.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.mckibbenandguinn.com .

Arrangements have been entrusted to McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada, 662-307-2694.