Thomas C. Gray |
| Posted 2009-09-29 by Sharon |
| The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ May 5, 2004, B9 Thomas C. Gray, a geologist and author, died at Wickenburg Hospital, Friday, April 23, 2004. He was born in Delaware, and was educated at the University of Delaware, where he studied geology and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1963. In 1961 he was trained in geological field methods under the auspices of the Yellowstone-Bighorn Research Association based in Red Lodge, Mont. In 1964 he was employed as a geologist by a consulting soil engineering firm in Los Angeles, Calif. He belonged to several U.S. and international geologic associations. He married Marilyn Smiley on Jan. 19, 1996, and she survives. In 1967, the Grays moved to Colorado where he practiced geology in public and private capacities for 17 years. Among projects on which he worked were tunnels, a large dam, major highways, mine sites, railroads, and the geotechnical aspects of land use and planning. His work was associated with civil engineering and land use. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. In 1984 he returned to southern California, where he became chief geologist for a consulting engineering firm. Due to a spinal cord injury, he retired in 1991. He moved to Arizona and had researched and written on matters of professional and general interest. He has published two papers in professional journals. More recently, he became interested in one of his ancestors, Private Thomas Gray, and wrote a historical book, "At All Hazards: Private Gray's Civil War," about his service in the Union Army during the Civil War. Also surviving are two children, John Howard Gray, Scottsdale, and Julie Lynn Gray, Lakewood, Calif.; two brothers David B. Gray, Newark, Del., and Stephen Gray, Pueblo, Colo.; seven sisters Thelma Jezyk and Nancy Slutter, Landenberg, Pa., Violet Gaston, Mansfield, Ohio, Sharon Gray, Seattle, Wash., Norma Welch, Emma Gray, Georgiana McKay, all from Del. |
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