Mrs. Mattie Mae Gray

February 2, 1949 - July 16, 2019

****NOTE: Visitation, Funeral Service Time & Location are listed below**** Mrs. Mattie Mae Gray passed peacefully Tuesday, June 16, 2019, at Glenn Arbor Hospice. She was born February 2, 1949 in Brooksville, MS, the daughter of Addie Mae & Willie Brewer. She confessed Christ at an early age, while in Brooksville, MS. She was united in Holy Matrimony to Mr. Herbert Gray, on June 20, 1965 in East St. Louis, IL. To this union, five children were born. In 1969 she moved to Kalamazoo, MI with her family. She worked for James River for over 17 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Addie Mae & Willie; husband, Herbert Gray Sr., and daughter, Michelle D. Gund. Mattie was an avid bowler even playing on a league when working for James River. She was also heavily involved in her church Bethlehem Temple where she served on the usher board, and treasury department. She leaves to cherish her memory: children Vanessa Gray of Indianapolis, IN; Yolanda Holiday of Battle Creek, MI; Trease Snell of Kalamazoo, MI, and Herbert Gray II of Indianapolis, IN; 9 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; her siblings, one brother, John (Geraldine) Brewer; East St. Louis, IL; three sisters, Coreen Wilburn of Benton Harbor, MI; Ethel Mae Louis of Texas and Elizabeth (Vernon) Scott of East St. Louis, IL. She was loved by a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.