As an added service, we place all of our obituaries on our website. This allows family and friends that are not in the area to view their loved one's obituary.

Each obituary also offers you the opportunity to leave an on-line memorial. So if you are unable to physically attend the visitation or funeral service, you can still express your personal condolences.

To send a condolence, click on the name of the deceased then click on View/Send Condolence on the right side of that page. Leave your personal message to the family in the box at the bottom of that page.


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Mrs. Betty J. Gray
Visitation: Thursday, October 29, 2009 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM Barkes, Weaver & Glick Funeral Homes Washington Street Location Columbus, IN 47201 Visitation: Friday, October 30, 2009 12:00 PM until 1:00 PM Barkes, Weaver & Glick Funeral Homes Washington Street Location Columbus, IN 47201 Service: Friday, October 30, 2009 1:00 PM Barkes, Weaver & Glick Funeral Homes Washington Street Location Columbus, IN 47201	VIEW/SEND CONDOLENCES   VIEW VIDEO TRIBUTE
Betty J. Gray, 67, of South State Road 58, died Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at 3:30 a.m. at her home. Mrs. Gray was a homemaker and a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church in Waymansville. The funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at Barkes, Weaver & Glick Funeral Home on Washington Street with the Rev. John L. Beabout officiating. Calling will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from noon until time of service Friday. Burial will be at St. Peter Lutheran Church Cemetery in Waymansville. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of South Central Indiana. Online condolences may be sent to the Gray family and a video tribute may be viewed at www.barkesweaverglick.com. Mrs. Gray was born in Columbus, September 22, 1942, the daughter of Paul Mead and Thelma Strobeck Stillabower. She married Donald L. Gray on October 4, 1958. Survivors include her husband; children, Shelia Gray of Columbus, Barbara Gray of Columbus, Donna (Gary) Cravens of North Vernon and Heather Gray of Columbus; grandchildren, Brittany, Tanya, Daniel, Whitney and Breana; and great-grandchildren, Ophelia, Isaiah, Dillan, Christian and Bianca. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Richard Gray; a grandson, James Allen Cravens; and a great-grandson, Braxton Dorantes.