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     Eva Ruth Monical was buried at Mount Carmel Presbyterian Cemetery, 6410 Lee Jackson Highway, Steeles Tavern, Augusta Co., Virginia.² She was born on October 8, 1916 at Flora, Clay Co., Illinois.¹ As of February, 1940,her married name was Gray.² She married McClelland McClaren Gray, son of Belfrad Hampton Gray Sr. and Nellie Virginia Mays, in February, 1940.^1,2 Eva Ruth Monical died on August 15, 2012 at Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., Virginia, at age 95.^2,1 She HARRISONBURG— Eva Ruth (Monical) Gray, 95, widow of McClelland M. Gray of 3935 Sunnyside Drive, died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, in Sunnyside Presbyterian Retirement Community. She was born Oct. 8, 1916, in Flora, Ill., a daughter of the late John Clyde and Retta Florence (Burgess) Monical. She graduated from Flora High School and received her registered nurse degree at Good Samaritan in Lexington, Ky. She was a registered nurse in sixs tates. She assisted in home deliveries during World War II. Beginning in 1949, she was an instructor of the first practical nursing course east of the Mississippi at Wilson Memorial High School. Following her teaching career, she was employed by General Electric as plant nurse, retiring in 1977. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Collinsville and a life long member of Mount Carmel Presbyterian Church, Steeles Tavern. In addition to her husband, whom she married in February 1940, and who preceded her in death in November 1990, she also was preceded in death by a daughter, Virginia Florence Gray; two brothers, Walter Monical and Robert E. Monical; and four sisters, Billie Duke, Ethel M. Rosholt, Nellie I. Heath and Opal M. Garriott. Surviving family members include a son and daughter-in-law, C. Hampton “Chip” and Sandra R. Gray of Waynesboro; two step grandchildren, Jennifer Lihos and Michelle Bradley and her husband, Bo; and two step great-grandchildren, Avery and Cade Bradley. A private graveside service will be held on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012. on August 17, 2012.²

     Virginia Florence Gray was buried at Mount Carmel Presbyterian Cemetery, 6410 Lee Jackson Highway, Steeles Tavern, Augusta Co., Virginia.¹ She was born on December 11, 1949 at Staunton, Augusta Co., Virginia.¹ She died on December 9, 1951 at Colony, Amherst Co., Virginia, at age 1.¹

     Her Social Security Number was 226-68-5827.⁵ Janet Kay Reckley was born on November 12, 1947 at Richmond, Virginia.^2,4,5,3 As of April 23, 1966,her married name was Raynor.² She married Jerry Carl Raynor on April 23, 1966 at Chesterfield Co., Virginia.^1,2 Janet Kay Reckley died on September 22, 2000 at Bedford Co., Virginia, at age 52.^6,5