Gray CemeteryIn 1924 a local ladies group - The Homemakers - purchased the land for the cemetery from Bill Greenslade for $150. They also paid for the upkeep, including the building of a fence and tree planting.
There were burials prior to the official engineered plan in 1925; Lot 1 Plot 1 in Block A - Williamson (two babies - thinking this includes first burial noted below in February 1924) Lot 8 Plot 16 in Block A - Nina (Fisk) Leopold April 1923 Lot 4/5 Plot 17 in Block A - Axford baby September 1923 One of the first burials was a Williamson baby (also Lot 1 Plot 1 Block A). Mr. A. Marty, the local blacksmith, built the little casket. The Gray Cemetery title was officially registered in 1925. Trying to confirm whether it was registered to Gray United Church or transferred in 1954. Some major upkeep occurred in 1996. Permanent surveyed area posts (steel pipe filled with concrete) were installed on each surveyed and lawn was planted. Over the years hedge and trees have died off. Some gravestone refurbishment and tree planting was done in 2024. Several tilting gravestones were reset or received new foundations. Most families were found and were willing to contribute to the project. Markers were installed for the four unmarked graves (Cuddington, infants - Lafoy, Sauvie and Williamson). Hopefully there will be some trees planted this fall (2024). We'll continue to consult the original ‘plans’ and some day it would be nice to have a central driveway with a landscaped turn-around. |
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Axford (infant) 1923
Baker, Henry 1882-1929 Burwell, Charles 1881-1938 Cuddington, Thomas 1916-1935 Fisk, Alma 1873-1930 Fisk, Ernest 1873-1934 (Fisk) Leopold, Nina 1900-1923 Ford, Drexel Glen 1949-2003 Gillis, Joan (Knoke) 1942-2023 Hogan, Patrick 1959-2022 Lafoy, Addah (Carpenter) 1884-1966 Lafoy, Adeline (Sparks) 1910-1930 Lafoy, Dell (McNutt) 1883-1970 Lafoy, George 1860-1935 Lafoy, Eloise 1914-1934 Lafoy, Elizabeth (Libby) 1904-1986 Lafoy, Francis 1910-1929 Lafoy, Jacob C 1869-1950 Lafoy, Joan (infant) 1930 Lafoy, Maggie 1872-1953 LaFoy, Manley 1937-2019 (Lafoy) Crawley, Mitzi 1928-2011 Lafoy, Morley (Jeep) 1927-1976 LaFoy, Plummer 1903-1935 Lafoy, Tipson (Tip) 1875-1957 LaFoy, Wylie 1901-1984 Lewis-Simmonds, Florence ‘Flo’ 1929-2013 Lewis, Ron 1930-1985 Lewis, Glenn 1931-1944 (Lewis) Kuski, Lisa 1976-2011 Linklatter, James 1939-2019 McGillivray, Annie 1864-1939 McGillivray, George 1859-1937 Neil, William (Bill) 1963-1992 Robbins, Randall 1964-2014 Sauvie, Edna (infant) 1933 Shostal, Chad 1973-2015 Staten, Arthur (Teddy) 1862-1946 Staten, Louisa 1872-1945 Williamson (infants) 1924 Yeo, Fred Sr 1941-1992 Yeo, Guy 1960-1998 |