William Esker Wray

1918 - 1984  (65 years)

• Name	William Esker Wray  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	27 Oct 1918	College Grove, Williamson, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Military Draft Registration	1940	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  	Draft Registration - WWII
  Military Service	11 Nov 1941
  	US Army - WWII
  Census	1950	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [5]
  	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Imogene
  Death	17 Mar 1984	Veterans Administration Hospital, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [2, 6, 7]
  Burial	Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [2, 7]
  		Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee Find a Grave: #12984
  Person ID	I7599	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Imogene Cushman,   b. Abt 1925, Tennessee, USA
  Marriage	1947  [8]
  Family ID	F2589	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Freddie Mabel Weatherspoon,   b. 9 Dec 1922, Centerville, Hickman, Tennessee, USA d. 13 May 2004 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	27 Jul 1977	Robertson County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 9]
  	Mabel Freddie Curtis and William Wray
  Family ID	F2590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Oct 1918 - College Grove, Williamson, Tennessee, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII - 1940 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Imogene - 1950 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Marriage - 27 Jul 1977 - Robertson County, Tennessee, USA Burial - - Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Obituaries

  Obituary-WEATHERSPOON Sarah (McCoy) Obituary of SARAH ANN "SALLIE" McCOY WEATHERSPOON • The Tennessean • Nashville, Tennessee • 15 Nov 1992, Sun • Page 170

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2008;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN ; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [S4861] Newspapers.com: Obituary of William Wray • Nashville Tennessean - 18 Mar 1984, William Esker "Bill" Wray -- The Tennessean; Publication Date: 18 Mar 1984; Publication Place: Nashville, Tennessee. WRAY, William Esker (Bill)- Age 65 years at 6 30 a.m. March 17, 1984 in Veterans Hospital, survived by wife, Mrs. Mabel Curtis Wray of Dickson; two sons, Jeff Wray of Houston TX,, Billy Wray of Fairhope AL.; one step son, Wayne Curtis of Houston TX; one daughter, Mrs. Susan Demose of Nashville; one brother, Hershel Wray of Shelbyville; two sisters, Jean Maxwell of Nashville, May Swint of Mur freesboro; three grandchildren; three step grandchildren. The remains are at Buckner's Dickson Funeral Home, where funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday. March 19, conducted by Bro George Rye. Burial in Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens. Arrangements by DICKSON FUNERAL HOME https://www.newspapers.com/image/112309912/?article=40516c5d-a762-402c-9a25-f6af76bf78dd&focus=0.34039265,0.19560865,0.50094527,0.32349378&xid=3355 [S9506] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St Louis; St Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Tennessee, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 325. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Tennessee, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 325 [S1274] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland ; Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946; NAID: 1263923; Record Group Title: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789-ca. 2007; Record Group: 64; Box Numbe. [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Nashville, Davidson,. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Nashville, Davidson, [S10809] Ancestry.com, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). [S3674] FamilySearch - Find a Grave. [S8995] Newspapers.com: Marriage of Imogene and William Wray • Nashville Banner - 7 Jul 1947, Imogene Cushman and William Esker Wray - Nashville Banner; Publication Date: 7/ Jul/ 1947; Publication Place: Nashville, Tennessee. https://www.newspapers.com/image/603047983/?article=bdfa6b85-ccfb-4cc5-a1d8-9d2b2ac953cf&focus=0.17666861,0.35963845,0.3970985,0.64150774&xid=3398 [S4331] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Sarah Weatherspoon • Nashville Tennessean - Nov 1992, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville TN; Date: 15 Nov 1992;), Sarah Ann Weatherspoon Obituary. Sarah Ann Weatherspoon, 88, Burns, Tenn., a homemaker, died Friday, Goodlark Hospital, Dickson. Services 1 p.m. today, Buckners Dickson Funeral Home. Survivors: son, Allen Weatherspoon, Dickson; daughters, Mabel Wray and Elizabeth Myatt, both of Burns, Tiny Weatherspoon and Lorene Street, both of Dickson; sister, Georgia Weatherspoon, Nashville; eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren https://www.newspapers.com/image/112624600/?article=a14f15eb-34f2-4e1e-af15-478a942ed830&focus=0.509564,0.5646876,0.6632294,0.64786446&xid=3355 Obituary-WEATHERSPOON Sarah (McCoy) Obituary of SARAH ANN "SALLIE" McCOY WEATHERSPOON • The Tennessean • Nashville, Tennessee • 15 Nov 1992, Sun • Page 170