Ora Mildred Gray

Brief Life History of Ora Mildred

When Ora Mildred Gray was born on 26 February 1899, in Lincoln, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States, her father, John Moorehead Gray, was 35 and her mother, Ida Hoots, was 29. She married Ephriam Wesley Pitts on 16 October 1920, in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Mooresville, Limestone, Alabama, United States in 1930 and Limestone, Alabama, United States in 1935. She died on 28 August 1943, in Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ephriam Wesley Pitts
1895–1970
Ora Mildred Gray
1899–1943
Marriage: 16 October 1920
Helen Russell Pitts
1921–2007
William Jack Pitts
1923–1977
William Jack Pitts
1923–1977
Clyta Gray Pitts
1925–

Sources (23)

  • Pitts in household of E W Pitts, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ora Mildred Gray - Published information: birth-name: Ora Mildred Gray
  • Ora Gray, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome

A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.

1912 · The Girl Scouts

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Name Meaning

English, Scottish, and Irish (especially Eastern Ulster; of Norman origin): habitational name from Graye in Calvados, France, named from the Gallo-Roman personal name Graec(i)us, meaning ‘Greek’ + the locative suffix -acum. This is probably the chief source of the surname in Britain.

English: nickname for someone with gray hair or a gray beard, from Middle English grey (Old English grǣg, grēg) ‘gray’. In Ireland it has been used as a translation of various Gaelic surnames derived from riabhach ‘brindled, gray’, including Mac Giolla Riabhaigh; see McGreevy . In North America, this surname has assimilated names with similar meaning from other languages.

French: habitational name from Gray in Haute-Saône or Le Gray in Seine-Maritime.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Ora Gray Pitts

Mrs. E.W. Pitts Passes At Home Mrs. E.W. Pitts, 44, died at her residence, 302 Johnston Street last night following a long illness. Funeral services will be held from the residence at 4:30 p.m. Sunda …

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