Glancye Walls Gray

 Civic Leader

Born:March 19, 1914, New Market, Madison County, Alabama
Died:July 27, 2004, Huntsville, Alabama
Buried:Taylor Cemetery, New Market, Madison County, Alabama
Wife of:Howard Gray

Notes:

•  Daughter of J. Hickmond Walls and Annie P. Walls - 1930 Census

•  1930 Census: Glancye was 16 , single, and living at home with her father listed as head of house, J. Hickmond Walls. His wife is listed as Annie P. Walls and is possibly the mother of Glancye. Her father's occupation is listed as Real Estate Agent. There were five public school teachers listed as lodgers in the household. The address is Hurricane Road, New Market, Madison County, Alabama. - 1930 Census

•  "President, Madison County Home Demonstration Council; President, Alabama State Home Demonstration Council 1954-6, 1956-1958; Chairman, Red Cross for Community; President, Delta Kappa Gamma, 1963-4; Madison County Home Demonstration Woman of the Year, 1949; Most Courteous Teacher, 1970-1; Nominee Teacher Hall of Fame, 1970-1971; Leader in Purging of Voting Lists in Madison County." - Record 1

•  "In 1935 the Ladies Home Demonstration Club was organized with Mrs. Glancye Walls Gray as it's first president, This type organization was very popular; at one time membership was about fifty-five. They sponsored and spearheaded many projects such as the establishment of a school lunch program. During the depression the club sponsored an extensive mattress making program using surplus cotton furnished by the government." - New Market

•  President, State Home Demonstration Clubs, 1954-6. - Record 1

•  Extension Homemaker Club, Woman of the Year, 1949, New Market. - Record 2


Related Links:

•  1930 Census - As viewed through an Ancestry.com paid subscription.

•  Find A Grave - Page created by Sidney Allen

•  New Market - Memories and History of New Market, AL, by Volunteer Fire Department, page 20.

•  Record 1 - A Dream Come True: The Story of Madison County and Incidentially of Alabama and the United States, Volume I, by James Record, 1970, pages 344 & 368.

•  Record 2 - A Dream Come True: The Story of Madison County and Incidentially of Alabama and the United States, Volume II, by James Record, 1978, pages 622 & 674.


The Following Pages Link to this Page:
•  Howard Gray
•  Record 1
•  Record 2