Rev. H B Gray, 79, of Covington, passed away on Monday, December 17. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 23 at the Covington Funeral Home chapel with interment to follow in Magnolia Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service at the funeral home. Rev. Gray served as the pastor at the Charleston Full Gospel Church for 42 years along with his late wife. He leaves three daughters, Sheila Elrod of Covington, Sharon Fryer of Brighton and Denise Poole of Atoka; one son, David Gray of Covington; one brother, L H Gray of Florida; six grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Virginia Gray and his parents, Virgil and Myrtle Lee Gray.