Memorial Service Set For Chase Loren Gray

December 3, 2002

by Lori Scott Fogleman

A campus memorial service celebrating the life of Baylor University junior Chase Loren Gray will be held at 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, at Miller Chapel.
Gray, 20, died Wednesday, Nov. 27, in a private plane crash near McAlester, Okla., as his family traveled to Missouri for the Thanksgiving holidays. His father and mother, William and Kathy Gray, brother Chad and sister Brooke also were killed in the accident.
Dr. Todd L. Lake, dean for university ministries, will lead the service. Gray's roommates and friends, including some who have known him since grade school, will speak at the memorial. The Baylor Religious Hour (BRH) choir will be among those providing special music.
Gray was born Dec. 15, 1981. He graduated from Trinity Christian Academy near Dallas and was pursuing a bachelor's of business administration degree in accounting at Baylor. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and attended University Baptist Church in Waco. His sister, Brooke, was planning to join him at Baylor in the fall.
Other services have been set for the family. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, where the Grays were members. A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at the National Guard, 104 W. Main St., in Pierce City, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, also at the National Guard. Arrangements are being handled by the Don-Wilks-Lakin Funeral Home in Pierce City.
For more information, contact the office of university ministries at 710-3517.