Doris Glynn Gray, 75, of Jena, passed from this life on Wednesday, October 12, 2016, at Hardtner Medical Center in Urania. She was born February 8, 1941 in Midway to the union of her parents, O. D. and Mellonee Wilson Powell. Doris owned and operated a beauty shop for 12 years and worked as a sales associate with Walmart for 25 years. Services were held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 15, in the chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena with the Revs. R. V. Couch and Paul Powell officiating. Interment followed in the Jena Cemetery under direction of Hixson Brothers, Inc. of Jena.She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Dayton “Skeeter” Gray; and grandmother, Ellen Powell. Survivors include her daughter, Linda Nadine Breland and husband Bryan of Jena; brother, James Maurice Powell of Monroe; grandchildren, Shelby Dupuis, Kimberly Dupuis, Tony Dupuis, Madison Breland, Kamdyn Wiggins, and Andrew Breland; and great grandchild, Lauren Dupuis. Pallbearers were David Boyette, Tony Dupuis, Michael Grant, Josh Berry, Brian Dupuis, and Jimmy Powell. Honorary pallbearers were employees of Walmart in Jena.
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