Rosa Smith Gray Obituary (1932

Mrs. Rosa Smith Gray, 85, of Beaufort, South Carolina, died Friday, May 18, 2018 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. She was born in Hampton County, South Carolina on September 28, 1932, a daughter of the late Willie and Charlie Pauline Kinard Smith. She was employed as a seamstress while living in Hampton until 1963. She and her late husband, Hugh Gray, moved to Beaufort at that time. While in Beaufort, she worked as Assistant Manager of Maxway in Port Royal. She is the owner of Graybar Fence Company. She is Baptist by faith and was a member of West End Baptist Church in Hampton, SC for many years. She is now a member of Meadowbrook Baptist Church in Beaufort, SC. Surviving are a son: Jonathan H. Gray (Renea) of Beaufort, SC and a daughter: Rose M. Cook of Beaufort, SC and sister: Miriam S. Zeigler of Hampton, SC. She is survived by 3 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren whom she loved dearly. She was predeceased by her husband Hugh Gray, grandson Marc Cook, and son-in-law William D. Cook, Jr. She is also predeceased by brothers: Heyward, Charlie, Randolph and Francis Smith and sister, Evelyn Mixon. The family will receive friends on Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 1:00 pm. at Anderson Funeral Home. Services will follow in Carl Anderson Memorial Chapel at 2:00pm with interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery.