Fern Gray

Fern Viola Gray, Fair Grove, MO was born January 25, 1922 in Isabella, MO to Austin and Carrie (Capehart) Herd. She departed this life on November 24, 2023 in her home at the age of 101.

Fern had worked for 15 years at Cooks Resort Marina, and she also farmed.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Millard Gray; son-in-law, Jim Duckworth; siblings Buddy Herd and Evelyn Cooper-Presley.

Fern is survived by daughter, Donna Duckworth, Fair Grove; her granddaughter, Beverly Duckworth, Fair Grove; two great-grandchildren, Jesse Earls and Amber, and Isabella Frieze; one great-great-grandson, Henry Oliver Earls; two sisters, Geneva Stewart, Ava, and Wilma Maybrey, Arlington, TX.

Graveside services for Fern Gray will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 29, 2023 in Hicks Cemetery, Theodosia, MO, under the direction of Fraker Funeral Home, Inc., Marshfield.

For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, and left in care of Fraker Funeral Home, Inc., P.O. Box 85, Marshfield, MO 65706.