Lynda Gray Obituary

Lynda Martin Gray was born in Albany, GA. She graduated from Albany High School in the class of 1960. She went to the University of Georgia and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in business education. While at UGA, she was a member of Delta Sorority and served as president of the sorority and the Panhellic Council. She received her Master degree from Georgia Southwestern College in 1980. She taught school at Dougherty High School from 1965� 1967, and at Deerfield-Windsor School from 1974-2010. She retired from Deerfield-Windsor after 36 years in May 201 as Director of Technology. She was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church of Albany, and served on the Church Finance Committee, the Personal Committee, and the Sunday School Committee.Mrs. Gray was diagnosed with ovarian cancer May 6,2005. During her battle with this disease she touched so many lives with her courage, strength and strong faith in God. She accomplished many goals during her fight, a few listed below:� She adopted a "Pocket Angel" which was a silver coin with an angel on the front. She handed these out to everyone she encountered believing it would bring peace and comfort.� She started a support group at Phoebe Putney Hospital for ovarian cancer patients and families.� She created an Ovarian Cancer Awareness pamphlet to be placed in doctor offices and hospital all over South Georgia.� She was selected as the "Tree Lighter" for the Lights of Love in 2009� She was asked to be the key note speaker this year for the 2010 Relay for Life� In May 2010 the computer lab at Deerfield-Windsor was dedicated to her and a plaque placed there in her honor.� She also had a poem, which was her battle cry, that she laminated and would giveaway:Cancer is so limited....It cannot cripple love,It cannot shatter hope,It cannot corrode faith,It cannot eat away peace,It cannot destroy confidence,It cannot kill friendship,It cannot shut out memories,It cannot invade the soul,It cannot reduce eternal life,It cannot quench the Spirit,It- r,nnrit laccon tho nnof the resurrection.Mrs. Gray was preceded in death by her first husband, David Lee Martin. She is survived by her husband Walter Leon Gray, Albany; a son: Keith Martin and his wife Susan, Albany; her parents: T.B. and Ruby Helen Hambrick, Albany; 4 grandchildren: David Thomas Martin, Spencer Banks Martin, Katherine Lee Martin and William Reid Martin, all of Albany; 2 sisters: Tappie Sauls and her husband Earl, Albany, Kem Sturgill and her husband Ron, Pineville, KY; a brother: Mark B. Hambrick, Temple, GA; mothers �in-law: Emilyn Martin, Albany and Lois Gray, Tifton; sister-in-law:Brenda Wasden and her husband Buster, Albany, Linda Adams, Tifton, Janice Davis and her husband Harold, Concord, NC; daughter-in-law: Deborah Fuller and her husband Lynnie, Athens, GA; son-in-law: Derek Gray and his wife Jennifer, Albany. Also many nieces and nephews that she loved dearly.

Lynda Gray Obituary

December 14, 1941 - October 1, 2010