HJR 931 Summary

• House Joint Resolution mourning the death of Mr. John Franklin Gray of Mobile, Alabama, who died on April 6, 2010, at age 87

• Mr. Gray was a highly esteemed educator in the Mobile County Public School System for more than 50 years and a World War II veteran who was named Veteran of the Year in 2007 by the Mobile Bay Area Veterans Day Commission

• He was a member of the P. L. Wilson Detachment, Inc. #447, Marine Corps League and the Montford Point Marine Association, Inc., and appeared in the Ken Burns Documentary "The War"

• Survived by his wife Reverend Edwina Gray, six children, two stepdaughters, five grandchildren, eight step-grandchildren, and other relatives

• Resolution was adopted by the House on April 14, 2010, and by the Senate on April 21, 2010