WEST MONROE — Roy T. Gray Jr. died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, in West Monroe. He was 85.

Born in Vicksburg, Mr. Gray was a graduate of Carr Central High School and attended Louisiana State University and Northeast Louisiana University. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and the Korean War.

He was an engineering technician for 30 years at Ford, Bacon & Davis and for five years at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. He was a 32nd-degree Mason and a past member of Barak Shrine Temple and had been an amateur radio operator since 1960. He was a member of the American Legion and a past member of the Monroe Auxiliary Police.

He was a member of the Claiborne United Methodist Church in West Monroe.

Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Mildred Gray; seven nephews; three nieces; and Linda Allison, Gerald Brown, Gary Davis and George Strickland.

Services were at 10 a.m. today at Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe with the Rev. Bill Foster and Dr. Jerry Edmondson officiating. Burial was at 12:30 today at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Vicksburg.

Honorary pallbearers were George Strickland, Gary Davis, Claude Causey, Gerald Brown, Jerry Hollis, Leo Grayson, George Risdale and Bob Martin.

Online condolences may be made at www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com.