- Date Of Birth: April 8, 1969
- Date Of Death: May 20, 2016
- State: Kentucky
Deborah “Debbie” Lou Fleming Gray, wife of Sammy Gray died unexpectedly at their home Friday, May 20th, 2016.
Debbie was born April 8th, 1969, daughter of Bonnie Lou Sellers Fleming and the late Jerry Wayne Fleming. She was co-editor, along with her sister Robin, of the Fleming Shopper.
Debbie’s contagious smile was like a ray of sunshine to all who knew and loved her. She was famous for “telling it like it was” it didn’t matter if you liked it or not. She was a home body who loved her days off “gown days” spending them with her family. A master at counted cross stitch her prized creation was a stitched portrait of her beloved sons, who she considered to be her greatest achievements in life. She loved spending time with her great niece, Katie, and her constant companion, Chloe, her toy poodle.
Debbie loved to cook for her family and for many years wrote the column, “In the Kitchen with Deb” for the Fleming Shopper.
One of her many friends said it best “God made people like Debbie so you wouldn’t forget them” this is so true of this beautiful young woman, she will forever be remembered for her wit, hand gesters and vocabulary.
Debbie, a 1987 graduate of Fleming County High School, was a Kentucky Colonel and an active member of the St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church where served as one of the Eucharistic ministers and also assisted with several of the book keeping duties of the church.
In addition to her husband, Sammy, of 27 years Debbie is survived by two sons, Daniel Wayne Gray and Andrew Samuel Gray, her special girl Tiffany Taylor, mother Bonnie Fleming, sister, Robin James (Jason Watson), niece, Tiffany “Lucy” Christie, nephew, Austin “Goober” James, her great-niece Katie Tester, and a very special friend, Bill (Billy G.) Colliver. Also surviving are a nephew Kye James, mother and father-in-law Judy and Wayne Gray, brother-in-law Chris Gray, Ella, Garrett, and Ashton Watson, as well as several aunts, uncles, cousins, Shopper acquaintances and a host of friends.
Besides her father, Debbie was also preceded in death by her brother-in-law Timmy James, her grandparents Theodore and Katherine Sellers and J.W and Elsie Fleming.
