Reva Gray

REVA GRAY IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Reva Arvesta Gray, 93, of Idaho Falls, died December 8, 2004, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born April 2, 1911 in Payette, Idaho, to Fernando A. Coulter and Lula Arvesta Mayfield Coulter. She grew up and attended schools in the area and graduated from high school. She later received her nursing degree from Sacred Heart Hospital in Idaho Falls. She married Elmer A. Pemberton on April 22, 1927 in Payette, Idaho. The marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. He died in 1957. She was a homemaker and a mother and worked as a licensed practical nurse. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. At the age of 71, she served a mission to the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. She enjoyed crocheting, quilting, reading and her church activities. Surviving are: Daughter: Barbara Mae (Ronald) Hutchings, Idaho Falls, ID Daughter: Lula Marie (Rex) Speas, Fortuna, CA Daughter: Virginia Dorine Welker, Idaho Falls, ID Son: James Lee Pemberton Gray, Echo, OR Daughter: Lois Elaine Dawson, Boise, ID Daughter: Tanis Ann Walters, Idaho Falls, ID Brother: Ace (Phyllis) Coulter, TX Brother: Raymond (Gloria) Coulter, ID Sister: Evelyn (Alan) Smith, ID 29 Grandchildren, 43 Great Grandchildren, 16 Great Great Grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents 2 brothers, 2 stepbrothers and 2 sons, Billy Ray and Robert L. Pemberton. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 13, 2004 at Wood Funeral Home East Side (963 S. Ammon). The family will visit with friends on Sunday from 7-8:30 at Wood Funeral Home East Side (963 S. Ammon) and for one hour prior to the services. Burial will be at 2:00 p.m. in the Riverside Cemetery in Payette, Idaho.