Jimmy Gray
Gray
Jimmy Dwayne “J.D.” Gray, age 80 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away at his home, Saturday, August 14, 2021.
Funeral services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. Bishop Preston Draper will officiate, and burial will follow at Atwood Cemetery in Atwood, Oklahoma.
Viewing will be Monday, August 16th at the funeral home from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
J.D. was born at home September 10, 1940 in Atwood, Oklahoma to Homer L. Gray and Beulah Sarah (Griffin) Gray.
He graduated from Atwood High School and attended the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Oklahoma.
He is survived by his wife, Charlene Gray of the home; two sons, Joe Paul Rytting and Warren Rytting; three daughters, Dayna Lanette Gray, Debra Denise Gray of MonteVista Colorado, and Jeniffer Rytting; one brother, M. “Dean” Goforth; two sisters, Patsy Mozell and Marcella Claudine Gray; and eleven grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Homer and Beulah Gray; one brother, Raymond Gray; three sisters, Lexie Denton Hays, Lora Sims, and Elvenia Goforth.