PATRICIA GRAY

Patricia Gray, 53, of Destin, Fla., died Tuesday, July 28, 1992.

A native of Cape Girardeau, she was a 1957 graduate of Central High School, and received a nursing degree from Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

She had resided in the Fort Walton area since 1979, and was a high school nurse for a time. She was owner/operator of Nutri-System in Fort Walton.

Gray was a member of a Baptist Church in Fort Walton, and was instrumental in getting special education classes started at the church.

Survivors include her husband, Billy; a son, Ty Gray of Fort Walton; a daughter, Trista of Destin; her mother, Margaret Derrington of Memphis; a sister, Karen Willbanks of Memphis, and a granddaughter.

Burial will be at 10 a.m. today at Beal Cemetery. McLaughlin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.