Mr. Edward Gilford Gray, 57

Mr. Edward Gilford Gray, 57, of 2026 Pleasant Union Road, Roseboro, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006 at Sampson Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006 at 3:00 PM at Pleasant Union Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Honeycutt and Rev. Richard Spell officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Gray was a native of Sampson County, the son of the late William Frank and Eula Hall Gray and a sister, Eula Jean House. He was an employee relation manager with Kelly Springfield. He was a member of Lakewood Country Club. He is survived by: wife, Gloria Gray, of the home; two sons, Frankie Gray, of Durham and Eddie Gray, of Clinton; two brothers, Perry Gray and David Gray, of Roseboro. The family will recieve friends Friday night, Sept. 1, 2006 from 7 till 9 PM at Butler Funeral Home, Roseboro. In lieu of flowers, memorials are asked to be made to the Susan G. Komen Cancer Foundation, 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250, Dallas, TX 75244.