Mr. Tom Gray, 99 of Hope passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born January 8, 1910, in Cash County, Texas to Charles and Mary Lee Jackson Gray. He retired from Plazwood Company as a sander of the particle board manufacturing plant in Hope, Arkansas. He was a member of First Assembly of God Church of Hope. He was preceded in death by his parents; by one son; Earnest Gray; five brothers and three sisters; by one grandson, James "Bubba" Gray. His survivors include; his wife (of 72 yrs.) Oneida Stovall Gray of Hope, Three sons: John C. Gray and Peggy of Hope, Thomas H. Gray of Spring Hill, AR,and Daniel L. Gray and Vernia of Tyler, TX, and five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 19, 2009, Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home Chapel, Hope, AR with Rev. Chris Bradley and Mrs. Mary Couch officiating. Burial to follow in Anderson Cemetery,Spring Hill, AR. Arrangements by Brazzel/Oakcrest The Funeral Home, Hope, AR. Family will receive friends: Friday, December 18, 2009, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at Brazzel/Oakcrest The Funeral Home of Hope, Arkansas. Memorials to: First Assembly of God Church 322 North Main Street, Hope, Arkansas 71801