Laura Patience Sims

  Noted events in her life were:

• Biography: From Decendant of John Shelton by Robert and Harold Casey. LAURA PATIENCE SIMS (1.5.6.4) is the daughter of Eldridge Sims and Susan Jane (Shelton) Sims. Laura was born on April 14, 1875 in Jackson County, Alabama. On May 15, 1902, Laura Sims married Isaac Robert Gray in Jackson County, Alabama. Isaac was born on March 15, 1881 in Jackson County, Alabama. Isaac and Laura Gray were the parents of five children:

............Ida Gray (died at birth)

............J. Houston Gray, b. December 1, 1906

............Clayton Gray

............Autis Robert Gray (1.5.6.4.4), b. November 29, 1910, Alabama

............Charlie Wade Gray (1.5.6.4.5), b. March 6, 1913, Alabama

Laura (Sims) Gray died on December 3, 1954 and Isaac Gray died around 1969. Both died in Jackson County, Alabama and were buried in the Peters Cove Cemetery. After the death of Lauras sister, Isabelle, Laura raised Isabelles son, William Grady Gentle.

Houston Gray married Cora Lee Gentle (32.3.8.3.2.3) in Jackson County, Alabama. Cora was born on March 7, 1916 in Jackson County, Alabama and is the daughter of Jeremiah Gentle and Esther (Harrison) Gentle. Houston and Cora Lee Gray have one daughter: - Jeanette Gray, b. around 1932 in Jackson County, Alabama. Houston Gray died on September 20, 1974 in Jackson County, Alabama and was buried in the Peters Cove Cemetery. Jeanette Gray married Thomas Bragg, Jr. Thomas was born in Madison County, Alabama and is the son of Thomas Bragg. Thomas and Jeanette Bragg have two children: - Diane Bragg, - Thomas Houston Bragg. Thomas and Jeanette live in Lim Rock, Alabama. Diane Bragg married Jim Cook and they have children. Jim and Diane live in Athens, Alabama.

Clayton Gray married Julia Johnson in Jackson County, Alabama. Clayton and Julie Gray live in Lim Rock, Alabama. Clayton and Julie Gray have four children: - Edwin Gray, - Billy Eugene Gray, - Robert “Bob” Gray, - Linda Gray. Edwin Gray married Debra Brown and they have no children. Billy Gray and his wife, Venna, have three children: - Ricky Gray, - Warren Gray, - Terresa Sheryl Gray. Billy and Venna Gray live in Scottsboro, Alabama. Bob Gray married Helen Morris and they have one son. Linda Gray married Sonny Certain.

References:
1) Letter, Mary (Gentle) Dean to Robert Casey, February 4, 1986;
2) Letter, Mary (Gentle) Dean to Robert Casey, October, 1986

Laura married Isaac Robert Gray on 15 May 1902 in Jackson, Alabama. (Isaac Robert Gray was born about 1869 in Jackson, Alabama.)