Mackenzie Alexis Gray

MACKENZIE A. GRAY  STAUNTON, VA… Our beautiful Mackenzie Alexis Gray, 26, left our lives early Sunday morning, February 5, 2017. Mackenzie was born on April 20, 1990 at King’s Daughters Hospital in Staunton, Virginia.  She is the cherished daughter of Shannon Gray and Kirk Gray of Staunton.  Mackenzie leaves behind the two loves of her life, a daughter, Nahla Gray, and son, Jasiah Davis.  She was a devoted mother who worked and lived for her two children. They were her world. Mackenzie graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 2008 where she was a basketball stand-out, and graduated in 2015 from Piedmont Community College with a degree in nursing.  She was employed as a nurse at Envoy of Staunton Nursing Home.  She enjoyed spending time with her friends, and had a love and zest for life.  Mackenzie’s radiant smile and personality, her authenticity and sense of humor, drew people to her and lit up whatever world she stepped into.  Mackenzie was preceded in death by her adoring grandmother, Linda Gray; great grandmothers, Joyce Pendleton and Beulah “Nan” Ervin; great grandfather Samuel Ervin.  She has left behind many loved ones whose lives are better because she lived.  These include her sisters, Jalyn Gray; Kaleah “Lele” Johnson; and Brooklyn Gray; stepfather, Harold Wells; grandmother, Alice Patler; aunts, Lynette Slaughter (Gray) and Adika Privott; uncles, Nicholas Patler and Mark Patler; great grandfather, Landon Pendleton Jr.; great aunt and uncle, Laten and Charles Bechtel; great aunts, Sandra Wayland and Brenda Crawford; great uncles, Edward Gray, William Gray, Theodore Gray, Jerry Ervin, Samuel Ervin Jr. and Steven Ervin; special friends, Terry “Buck” Davis and Andrew “Rex” Chapman; and many, many cousins and friends. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, February 10, 2017 in the Henry Funeral Home. A graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Thornrose Cemetery.