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Carolyn Frasier Gray

(2 Sep 1930 - 26 Aug 2007)

Carolyn Frazier Gray Voss, age 76 years, passed away on Sunday evening August 26, 2007 at Lambeth House in New Orleans. Beloved wife of the late Ernst Thomas Voss, she was daughter of Horace Dodson Gray and Clarice Bruner Gray of Memphis TN. Surviving are 2 sons & daughters-in-law, Patrick William Voss and Wanda Voss of Metairie, LA, Matthew Ernst Voss and Vicki Voss of Albany, NY; daughter & son-in-law, Kathleen Voss Lowry and James W. Lowry of Nashville, TN; 2 sisters, Naomi Gray May of Little Rock, AK, and Martha Sue Gray Burgess and her husband Edward Burgess of Atlanta GA; 4 grandchildren, Meagen Kathleen Voss, Courtney Jeanne Voss, Kasey Ruth Lowry and Thomas James Lowry. Carolyn and her husband Ernie were long time residents of Hammond, LA. While there, they were active members of Grace Memorial Episcopal Church. Carolyn was an active gardener and seashell collector in her adult years. She was a member of the Louisiana Malacological Society and enjoyed traveling extensively with this group insearch of rare seashells. While residing in Bahia, Brazil, during the 1980s she discovered a seashell that had never been catalogued before. With the assistance of Emily Volkes, this seashell was subsequently catalogued and named "Chicoreus (Seratus) Carolynae." Friends will be received Sunday, September 2, 2007, at Grace Memorial Episcopal Church from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. A church service will begin at 2:00 p.m. followed by a graveside ceremony in Rose Memorial Cemetery. Rev. Paul Bailey officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family request gifts be made to Grace Memorial Episcopal Church 100 West Church St. Hammond LA. 70401.
Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on: 9/2/2007

Events

Birth2 Sep 1930Shelby County, Tennessee
Census (family)-shared19 Apr 1940(Dr. Horace Dodson Gray and Clarice Maurine Bruner) Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
Death26 Aug 2007New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Obituary31 Aug 2007Hammond, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
BurialRose Memorial Park Cemetery, Hammond, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

Families

SpouseErnst Thomas Ditlev Voss (1925 - 2002)
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FatherDr. Horace Dodson Gray (1901 - 1976)
MotherClarice Maurine Bruner (1905 - 1977)
SiblingNaomi Elizabeth "Nonny" Gray (1929 - 2018)
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