Gray, Kathleen Dudding

Kathleen Dudding Gray, 87, of Elliston passed away on January 26, 2021. Kathleen was born on January 14, 1934 to Raymond Dudding and Lydia Dudding, both deceased. She was the wife of the late Walter Irvin Gray.

Kathleen is survived by two sons, Greg Gray and wife Sandy and Dennis Gray and wife Lisa; her daughter, Patricia Gray; daughter in law, Vicki Sue Wilkerson; grandchildren, Josh Gray, Justin Gray and wife Denise, Jared Gray, William Gray and wife Allison, John Martell and wife Jenifer, and Angie Martell; great grandchildren, Aiden Gray, Olivia Gray, James Gray, Ophelia Gray, and Ashley Gray; three sisters, Judy Johnson and husband Eddie, Eunice Barnes and husband JC, and Ruth Dillion and husband Jerry; brother in law Wayne Kingery; sister in law, Vera Dudding; special friend, Mary Jane Melton; loving fur companion, Gilda; and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by her son, Billy Gray.

The family will receive friends at Lotz Funeral Home in Salem on Friday, January 29, 2021 from 10 until 11 am. A funeral service will follow at 11 am in the chapel of Lotz Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to Cathy Jean Bitler and the staff at Carillion Tenth Floor Oncology and Tenth Floor Palliative Care.