Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-11-14
COL. JOHN w. GRAY DIES
AT HOME IN ADAIRSVILLE
At Age of Eighty Three COL Gray Passed Away Monday
Morninu at o'CIock--WaS Father of Editor James R.
Gray-FlneraI Services Win Be Held Tuesday AFTERNOON
at O'Clock ait AdarSvIIe

Col. John w. Gray, pioneer of Geor-
gia, father of James R. Grey, the edi'
tor of The Journal, died at O'Clock
Monday morning, at his lifetime home
in Adairsville He was SO years old.
Gathered round the bedside when the
end came were his son. James r. Gray,
his grandchildren, Inman Gray and Mrs.
Brumby. and other surviving reia-
tives
The funeral will take place at Adairs-
Vile Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Dr.
w. H. Darnell will conduct the service.
The pall-bearers will be B. E. Lewis,
IT, P Bowdoip. ]. M. Anderson, A. J.
Maxwell. R. l.. Franklin, Charles Bal
Hey, Thee Handy, Joe Pavlovsky. The
following will act as honorary escort:
lJ. p Lewis, W. Monroe Neel. Thomas
Lumpkin, w. H. Lumpkin, Capt. j. J.
Calhoun. ]. E. Hammons, j. C. Wofford
and j. E. Fields. of Gainesville; j. M.
Davidson, Kingston; G. NJ Boyd, D. w,
Loudermilk, Joshua Gardner. ] w. Edo
wards, s. Davis. j. c. Dunaway, Thomas
Durham, Jeff Bell M. T.. Hays, L. p.
Gaines, R. d. Combs. j. w. Bradley, RS
/ McCollum, j. II. Ward, ]. p. Dyar, W..
j. Alexander, R. w. Martin, F. j. Bray,
! " A. Handy, ]. p. Kinman. w. S. Brad
ley, M. M. Cunningham, G. B. Elrod,
Virgil Alexander, w. NJ. Dodge, Sam
Burns, B. F. Bibb. A. Abramson, A. E.
Brogdon, ]. A. Price, William King,
Charles Whitworth and w. d. Stewart
Mr.. Gray was one of the best-known
citizens of north Georgia He was the
oldest resident of Barlow county by
a number OF years. He had lived where
he died since before Adairsville became
town. His father settled there In
1888, when Mr.. Gray was a child of
years. he passed his boyhood there,
seeing but few white people other than
the members Of his own family, his
most constant companions being the In
dian youths of his own age. He grew
to manhood there, went west from
there, zane back. went away to war,
returned a stayed there the rest of
his days. He lived long and honorably.
His neigh bors respected him and his
friends loved him, as a man of sterling
character.
The end was not unexpected. For
days it had been imminent. During
several months past Mr. Gray was in
decline. For two or three years his
health had been failing. His passing
was gradual. like that of mighty oak
which weathers many storms and final
ly bows to the will of lIme.
Mr.. Gray was the last survivor OF
his own immediate family His de-
scendants who are left to mourn him
are three surviving children-Mrs.. W.
W. Trimb = of Adairsville; Miss Joe
Gray, of AdairsvilIe, and James - Gray
of Atlanta-and a number of grand
children and several great-grandchil-
dren.
Mr.. Gray was a fine outstanding man
of the pioneer type He was over six
feet tall. and until the very last years
of his life was as straight as an In
dian. He was as hard as a hickory
knot, sinewy, active, clear-minded and
clear FLOODED. He was a fine example Of
a vanishing kind-the kind that cut
their way through the frontier in the
old days and faced bravely whatever
they found beyond.
He was one of the Georgians who
turned toward the golden west in the
rough and hardy times of 49, along
with John Silvey and other old citizens
of Atlanta and the state Adven-
tiIre called him on to the Pacific
coast He was a young man then, in
the first vigor of his magnificent ply
sique.
WAS CONFEDERATE OFFICER.
Years later. when the civil war broke
out. he faced death again many times
as warrior of the Confederacy. He
was lieutenant colonel Of the Eighth