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HESTER, WHITTED & DAYE FUNERAL SERVICE
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Denise Yvette Gray, age 57, peacefully departed this life on Thursday, June 19, 2025, at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Born on January 7, 1968, in Red Bank, New Jersey, Denise was the beloved daughter of the late Eugene Gray and the late Evelyn Gray.
Affectionately known as “Neicy” by those who loved her, she graduated from Red Bank Regional High School in 1986. Throughout her life, Neicy wore many hats and worked in various occupations, always with care and compassion. Her most recent place of employment was Brandywine Assisted Living in Colts Neck, New Jersey.
Neicy was a devoted member of True Deliverance Worship Center in Roxboro, North Carolina. She had a deep love for her family and took great joy in spending time with her nieces and nephews. She enjoyed shopping, cooking, decorating her home, and creating beautiful memories with those closest to her.
In addition to her parents, Neicy was preceded in death by her grandparents James Crank Sr. and Lula Mae Crank; and her uncle James Crank Jr.
Neicy leaves behind a legacy of love and cherished memories. She is survived by her sister Manisha “Nikki” Golson (Darren) of Greensboro, North Carolina; brothers Antoine “Tony” Gray (Eleanor) of Neptune, New Jersey, and Eugene Gray “Peanut” Jr (Carol) of Woodbridge, New Jersey; nieces: Mia Lankford of Cliffwood, New Jersey, Shonise Sloan of Neptune, New Jersey; Tindra Gray of Edison, New Jersey; and Tatiyana Singh and McKenna Golson, both of Greensboro, North Carolina; nephews: Antoine Sloan of Neptune, New Jersey and Eugene S. Gray III of North Brunswick, New Jersey; great-nephew Za’sean Gray of Edison, New Jersey; and her dear aunt Jennifer Wathington of Aberdeen, New Jersey. She will also be lovingly remembered by a host of other family members and friends whose lives she touched with her warmth and generous spirit.
Visitation
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
11:00 AM until 1:00 PM
Bedle Funeral Home & Cremation Service
212 Main Street
Matawan, New Jersey 07747
Phone: (732) 566-1962
Graveside Burial
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
1:30 PM
Shoreland Memorial Gardens
Rt. 35 North
Hazlet, New Jersey 07730
Hester, Whitted and Daye Funeral Service
provided professional arrangements in North Carolina and Bedle Funeral Home & Cremation provided professional arrangements in New Jersey
for the Family of
Ms. Denise Yvette Gray.
The Family of the late
Ms. Denise Yvette Gray
would like to thank everyone for the many acts of kindness that they received surrounding the loss of their loved one.