Lillie Hobbs Gray, 84, of Holly Ridge, passed away on May 28, 2013, at her home.

She was born on Jan. 13, 1929, in Onslow County, and lived in the Stump Sound area all her life.

Lillie was preceded in death by her husband, Douglas Murray Gray; her father, Massey Sen Hobbs; her mother, Marenda Caldonia Hobbs; her aunt, Marenda H. Hobbs; one sister, India Hobbs Cooper; and one brother, Ellis Hobbs Sr.

Mrs. Gray is survived by four children, Martha Ellis and husband, Terry, Gibb Gray and fiancée, Karen, Sharon Porterfield and husband, John, and Greg Gray and wife, Wanda; four grandchildren, Nell Griffin and husband, Joe, John Porterfield Jr. and wife, Martie, Katie McKinney and husband, Greg, and Kim Edens and husband, Hammer; six great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Griffin, AnnaBeth, Micah, and Piper Rose McKinney, and Hailey and Courtney Edens; one niece, Judy Cooper Henry; one nephew, Ellis Hobbs Jr. and wife, Jean; and her lap companion, Thomas.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Center, Wilmington, NC, or The Lymphoma Society.

The Lillie Gray Family would like to thank all of the friends and neighbors for visiting during her illness, the staff at the Zimmer Cancer Center (Dr. Schreiber, Shauna, LeAnn, and nurses, and the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Center (Tina).

The Lillie Gray family will receive family and friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 30 at Jones Funeral Home in Holly Ridge.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 31 in the Jones Funeral Home Chapel in Holly Ridge, with interment at Providence Cemetery on Sound Road.

Condolences may be left at jonesfh.org.