Meredith Martin Gray
April 3, 2015
Funeral for Meredith Martin Gray, 68, of Helena was Tues., April 7, at 3 p.m. at Jerry Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Athens, Tenn., with Dr. Tony Crisp officiating.
Burial was in West View Cemetery in Sweetwater, Tenn., with Jerry Smith Funeral Home directing.
Ms. Gray died Fri, April 3, 2015, at Decatur Morgan Hospital. She was born Feb. 27, 1947, to Thomas C.R. Martin and Jewel Mayo Martin. She was born and raised in Sweetwater, Tenn., but spent the majority of her life in Birmingham. She was employed by Attorney’s Richard Jaffe and Derek Drennan, as a legal assistant for the past 22 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Tom and Jewel Martin; her stepmother, Versie Martin, a stepsister, Janice Jones; nephews, Tommy Pritchett and Greg Whitlock; and a niece, Teresa Thompson.
She is survived by a precious daughter, Melea Gray Guyse (Carlton) of Hartselle; a grandson, Jordan Guyse; a granddaughter, Maggie Guyse; a brother, Ray Whitlock of Athens, Tenn.; three sisters, Melinda Pritchett, Marilyn Atchley and Sharon Young, all of Athens, Tenn.; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins and special friends, Sandra Saxon, Billie, Diane, Pidge, Susie, Shannon, Betty Hicks and Betty Perry.