William Gray Shockley

Published 11:56 am Wednesday, August 18, 2010

BROOKHAVEN — William Gray Shockley died Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven. He was 64.

Mr. Shockley was a native of Little Rock, Ark. He was a graduate of Cooper High School in Vicksburg and the University of Mississippi. He served in Vietnam in the Army as a communications officer. He was discharged in 1995 after 20 years of service. 

He is survived by his wife, Elaine Turner Shockley; two stepsons, Matthew Young of Brookhaven and David Young of Bogue Chitto; a sister, Beckie McDougal of Vaiden; and three grandchildren.

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Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Stringer Family Chapel in Crystal Springs. Burial will follow at Biloxi National Cemetery. Visitation will be from 8 until 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.