Grafton Kevin Gray

GRAFTON KEVIN GRAY WAS BORN ON JANUARY 31, 1956, TO ROBERT J. GRAY AND GLORIA M. HALL IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, MD. AS ONE OF SEVEN

SIBLINGS, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY THE WARMTH OF FAMILY FROM AN EARLY AGE. GRAFTON, LOVINGLY KNOWN AS PORKY, DEPARTED THIS WORLD

PEACEFULLY ON APRIL 17, 2025, WITH HIS BELOVED SON, DORIAN GRAY, BY HIS SIDE.

A TRUE LOVER OF MUSIC AND THE ARTS, GRAFTON MADE A MARK DURING HIS TIME AT WALBROOK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN THE FACULTY DECLINED HIS

REQUEST TO START A STUDENT CHOIR, HE DIDN'T LET THAT DETER HIS PASSION. 

INSTEAD, HE TOOK MATTERS INTO HIS OWN HANDS AND FOUNDED THE UNITY CHOIR, WHERE HE FORMED CHERISHED FRIENDSHIPS THAT WOULD

LAST A LIFETIME. GRAFTON LATER GRADUATED FROM SOJOURNER-DOUGLAS COLLEGE WITH A DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, PROVING THAT HIS DETERMINATION KNEW NO BOUNDS.

AS A SELF-TAUGHT KEYBOARD PLAYER, GRAFTON DEDICATED 34 YEARS TO SERVING AS THE CHOIR DIRECTOR AT HIS CHURCH. HIS TALENTS ALSO SHONE THROUGH AS AN ACTOR WITH THE ARENA PLAYERS. I N HIS MUSICAL JOURNEY, HE PERFORMED AS A SINGER IN NOTABLE GROUPS, INCLUDING SOUL, CLASS,

AND THE SOFTONES. IT WAS DURING ONE OF THESE PERFORMANCES THAT HE MET THERESA FLOYD, HIS LOVING AND SUPPORTIVE WIFE, WHOM HE

CHERISHED. GRAFTON DEVOTED HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE TO THE MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, WHERE HE MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE, TERESA FLOYD GRAY, HIS BELOVED SISTER JOYCE TUCKER, HIS SISTER WANDA ALLISON, AND TWO CHERISHED

BROTHERS, ROBERT (MARTIN) SHEDDRICK AND ARNETT GRAY. GRAFTON

LEAVES BEHIND A LEGACY OF LOVE, CREATIVITY, AND RESILIENCE, CHERISHED BY HIS SON, DORIAN GRAY; SISTERS ELAINE EDMONDS AND GLORIA RAY; NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS; AND A VAST CIRCLE OF FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND LOVED ONES, ALL OF WHOM WILL HONOR HIS MEMORY IN THEIR HEARTS.

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