{"id":11458,"date":"2023-05-13T17:40:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T21:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/?p=11458"},"modified":"2023-05-13T18:11:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T22:11:54","slug":"gray-brenda-ann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/gray-brenda-ann\/","title":{"rendered":"Gray, Brenda Ann"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Brenda Ann Gray, age 69, passed away on Friday, May 12, 2023, while at her home in Clarksville.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A Celebration of Life will be held at 5:30p.m. Monday, May 15, 2023, at the Chapel of McReynolds-Nave &amp; Larson Funeral Home with Bro. Tay Joslin officiating. Brenda&#8217;s family will receive friends from 2:00 &#8211; 5:30 PM. Monday, May 15, 2023 at the funeral home, McReynolds-Nave &amp; Larson Funeral Home located at 1209 Madison St, Clarksville, TN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Additionally, a Visitation will be held from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at McDonald Funeral Home, Centerville, TN.\u00a0 A Graveside Service will follow at 1:00 p.m. at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Centerville, TN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Brenda entered this life on August 29, 1953, daughter of the late Ferrys &#8220;Bob&#8221; Lawson and Wilma Hailey Lawson. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Growing up in the Pinewood Community of Hickman County, Brenda loved learning. After graduating from Hickman Co. High School, she attended and earned her Master&#8217;s degree from Austin Peay State University. She especially loved the physical sciences, having concentrated on both Biology and Environmental Science during her studies. She went on to have a career as a school teacher with the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, teaching at Montgomery Central, Northwest, and Northeast High Schools. Brenda was a well-respected educator by her peers and also a devoted advocate for the children she was entrusted to educate. Additionally, she was an adjunct instructor at both Nashville State Community College and Austin Peay State University. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother and her Christian beliefs were evident in her kindness toward her fellow humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Survivors include her husband of nearly 46 years, Roger Gray; her children, Barry Daniel Gray and Miranda Jean-Lee Gray; and grandchildren, Alyssa Marie Gray, Izaick Justice Swan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Condolences may be made to Brenda&#8217;s family at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.navefuneralhomes.com\">NaveFuneralHomes.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brenda Ann Gray, age 69, passed away on Friday, May 12, 2023, while at her home in Clarksville. A Celebration of Life will be held at 5:30p.m. Monday, May 15, 2023, at the Chapel of McReynolds-Nave &amp; Larson Funeral Home with Bro. Tay Joslin officiating. Brenda&#8217;s family will receive friends from 2:00 &#8211; 5:30 PM. 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