Estelle R. Rosazza Gray

Estelle R. Rosazza Gray, passed away peacefully at Bedford County Nursing Home on Thursday, July 6, 2023. Born in Bedford County on March 14, 1925, she came home to her roots for the last six years of her life. Estelle loved sewing and working in her yard and flowers. But her first love was her church and especially the Women’s Missionary Union. She served faithfully as a member of a circle, president of her church’s WMU and served on the Kentucky WMU Board of Directors on 3 separate occasions. She also taught toddlers in Sunday School for over 15 years. Estelle was preceded in death by her parents, Grat and Berta Rosazza; sisters, Ellen Quarles and Laura Ayres; her beloved husband of 63 years, George T. Gray and daughter, Teresa Rollins. She is survived by her daughter, Karen Gray; granddaughter, Traci Plympton (J. Ryan Randall) and four great grandchildren: Anna, Madison, Maya and Jacob Smith; son-in-law, Kenneth Rollins, sister Edley Rosazza Updike; brother, Grat L. Rosazza, and numerous nieces and nephews. A Celebration of her Life will be held on Saturday, July 15, at 11:00 a.m. in the Burch-Messier Chapel, 1235 Walnut St., Bedford. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to either the American Heart Association or St. Jude Children’s Hospital.