Dudley Darby Gray of Crawfordsville passed away Saturday night at Bickford Memory Care.  He was 93.

Dudley served in the Army Air Corps toward the end of World War II, then worked as a commercial artist.  He was an award winning watercolor artist.  He was a great dad, and a wonderful Grampa.  He attended St. Bernard's Catholic Church.  He was a founding member of the Darlington American Legion, member of the Elks and Thursday morning coffee group at First Christian.   He was a great athlete, even in his later years.  He played basketball until he was 60 and volleyball past 70.  He loved to ski, ride his bike and was a great dancer.  He loved music of many types, old movies and Civil War history.

Born Sept. 26, 1926 in Crawfordsville, he was the son of Harold Hugh Gray and Laura Darby Gray.  He attended Louisville Male High School in Louisville, Kentucky.  He later attended IU, Herron Art Institute and the California Institute of the Arts.  He married Joan L. Scott on Sept. 5, 1953.  She passed away Oct. 14, 2012.

Surviving family includes: two daughters, Laurie (Rick) Ryland, Leslie (Charlie) Warren; son, Hugh Scott (Jennifer) Gray; ten grandchildren, Heidi (Brian) Myers, Molly (Jack) Whitecotton, Anna Hanthorn, Isaac Ryland, Joy Ryland, Michelle Ryland, Shannon Gray, Melanie Gray, Holden Gray, Grant Gray; nine great-grandchildren; former daughter in law, Joyce Lewis.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Joan Gray, son, Steve Gray, brother, Mike Gray, and his cousin and best friend, Tom Thompson.

A memorial visitation will be held Friday, Jan. 10 from 10 to 11 AM at St. Bernard's Catholic Church, 1306 E. Main Street, with a funeral Mass starting at 11.  Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery in Darlington.

Donations in memory of Dudley Gray may be to the local chapter of the Disabled American Veterans,  c/o Gary Bell, 1802 E. Wabash Avenue, Crawfordsville, IN 47933.