Ray Gatton

ray gatton
Ray Gatton, 77, of 15 Holly Hill Drive, Arden, died Friday, April 30, 1999, at the VA Medical Center.

Mr. Gatton was born in Mt. Vernon, OH, and was a son of the late Melrose Ray and Ida Martha Weaver Gatton, Sr.  He was also preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Mary Frances Curry Gatton, who died February 5, 1999, and by a daughter, Martha Carolyn Gatton.  He was an Army veteran of WWII and a member of the DAV and of State Street Baptist Church.

He is survived by two daughters, Judy Ann Bishop of Candler and Rosalee Oakes of Morganton; a son, Gary Lee Gatton of Warner Robbins, GA;  seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be at 3:30 pm Monday at Green Hills Cemetery with the Rev. Carroll Fox officiating.  Military rites will be provided by the Enka High School Air Force JROTC.

His family will receive friends from 7 - 8:30 pm Sunday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue.

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