Bowman Gray, Jr.

Bowman Gray, Jr. was chairman of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in the 1960s and his father (James Alexander Gray) was the tobacco company founder's original business partner.

Biography
Bowman Gray, Jr. was born January 15, 1907, in Baltimore, Maryland, and died April 11, 1969, at Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1929. Gray was married to Nathalie Fontaine Lyons (1884-1961). Their children include Bowman Gray III, Frank Christian Gray, Robert Daniel Gray, Lyons Gray, and Peyton Randolph Gray.

"Bowman Gray Jr. graduated with a B.A. [from the University of North Carolina] in 1929. He later became president and chairman of the board of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem."

Bowman Gray Jr. owned Brookberry Farm until his death in 1969. Also see:


 * Gordon Gray, Sr.
 * C. Boyden Gray

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