Freddie Ruth Gray Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Freddie Ruth Gray (Bakersfield, California), who passed away on November 8, 2025 at the age of 78. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Freddie farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Freddie is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her husband David Merrill Arnold; and her sons, Demetrius Gray and Shanell Gray. She is survived by: her daughter Lyvette Irene Arnold-Clark; her grandchildren, Raquel Clark, James Lavell Robinson and Richard Clark; her great grandchildren, Carli Roberson and Charity Crawford; and her siblings, Curlie Ann Tarver-Arnold of Bakersfield, CA, Della Louise Tarver-Owens and John Tarver of Portland. She is also survived by nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends.
