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Emily Gray

Funeral services for Emily Eileen Gray, 31, of Clinton, formerly of Oklahoma City, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in the First Christian Church.
She died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016, at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City.
Emily Eileen Gray was born Sept. 5, 1984, to Cecil Richard Gray and Carmen Jean (Yellow Eagle) Gray in Lawton. She was raised in Carnegie, Norman, Anadarko and Tahlequah. She attended school in all four places and graduated in Tahlequah in 2003. She continued her education at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, and then went on to Oklahoma State University in Oklahoma City.
Gray was employed by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Gaming Authority as a Compliance Officer.  She also was a waitress for Louie’s Restaurant.  She had lived in Oklahoma City and Clinton for the past three years. 
She loved spending time with her family, relatives, friends, and most of all her nieces and nephews.  She enjoyed kids, and loved babysitting for all her friends.  She also loved to play basketball and was an avid fan.
She is survived by her mother of Clinton; her father of Elgin; three sisters, Tonya Marie Gray of Lawton, Carmen “C.J.” Gray of Oklahoma City, and Celine Gray of Wisconsin; three brothers, Cecil R. “Jinxie” Gray II of Yukon, Charles Brady Gray of Anadarko, and Michael Gray of Oklahoma City; and her nieces and nephew, Isha, Breanna, Glory, RaeLynn and Tahlo. 
The family will greet guests from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday at Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.
There will be a wake service from 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the First Christian Church in Clinton.
The service will be officiated by Pastors David Wilson and Alan Washington.  Interment will follow at Saddle Mountain Cemetery in Carnegie under the direction of Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. 
 

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