Emily Gray

Emily Hope Gray, 38, of Lee's Summit, formerly of Pleasant Hill, was born, September 13, 1976, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Michael Duane and Jessie Hope (Hudson) Gray. She departed this life at 12:54 p.m. Saturday, April 4, 2015, at the Lee's Summit Medical Center.

Emily was a 1996 Pleasant Hill High School graduate. She had been employed as a Bookkeeper and Sales clerk for their family business, Gray's Hardware. She loved to read, work crossword puzzles, and playing games on her laptop. She was especially fond of music; Elvis and Taylor Swift were her favorites. She was a member of the Pleasant Hill First Baptist church.

Emily was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, William and Thelma Gray; maternal grandparents, Robert and Leona Hudson; and her father, Michael D. Gray, just three months earlier.

She is survived by her mother, Jessie Gray of Lee's Summit; one brother Stephen Gray of Grain Valley; 4 nieces and nephews, Landry Gray, Emerson Gray, Alyson Williams, and Brady Gray; her special aunt and uncle Bill and Geraldine Hill, of Lee's Summit; other relatives and friends.

Cremation has been accorded. A memorial service was held Saturday, April 25, 2015, at the Lee's Summit Pointe Health & Rehabilitation Center, Lee's Summit.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be directed to the family and may be sent in care of the funeral home.