AL HR909

Honors Mr. John Franklin Gray of Mobile, Alabama, who died on April 6, 2010, at age 87.

Recognizes his 50+ years as an educator in the Mobile County Public School System and his service as a World War II veteran and member of the Marine Corps League and Montford Point Marine Association.

Notes his 2007 designation as Veteran of the Year by the Mobile Bay Area Veterans Day Commission and his appearance in the Ken Burns Documentary "The War."

Acknowledges his devoted membership in Big Zion AME Zion Church and later Hope Chapel AME Zion Church, and lists his surviving family members including his wife Reverend Edwina Gray, six children, and numerous grandchildren.

Expresses the Alabama House of Representatives' profound sadness at his passing and offers tribute to his life with heartfelt sympathy to his grieving family.