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Margaret Brubaker Gray

July 19, 1937 ~ September 7, 2026

Margaret “Maggie” Gray, age 89, of Atlanta, Georgia passed away peacefully very early on Monday, September 7th, 2026, in hospice. 

Maggie is survived by her two daughters, Christina Tonti (Robert) and Caroline Price (David); her grandchildren Gray (Cheyenne) and Lara Deuber and Rebecca, Emily and Allison Price; as well as her brother James Brubaker and a multitude of cousins, sisters-in-laws, nieces and nephews. 

Maggie was born in DuBois, Pennsylvania – the seventh child to Kathleen Shaffer and William Clay Brubaker – and reared in Rockton, Pennsylvania. She attended Penn State and graduated from Susquehanna University with a degree in Mathematics. She was the first woman in her small town to attend college. After graduation she worked as a computer programmer for US Steel in Pittsburgh where she met George. They married in 1963. She continued to work until her girls were born. 

She played tennis and bridge and knitted beautiful sweaters. She also managed the family’s finances, even though her husband was the CFO for Royal Crown Cola. She served on school boards throughout her daughters’ time in elementary school and high school and devoted countless hours of volunteer work for her church and Northside Auxiliary until early 2020. She especially enjoyed delivering flowers to the new moms at the hospital. 

She was wickedly smart and loved travel, time with her husband and family, jigsaw puzzles (the harder, the better), watching baseball and tennis, playing Scrabble and then eventually Words With Friends after being given an iPad for Christmas one year. She had the most beautiful penmanship. She disdained most makeups tips but was never without her lipstick which she applied flawlessly without a mirror. She is very much missed by all who knew and loved her. 

Maggie was proceeded in death by George, her best friend and husband for nearly 60 years, her parents, five siblings and other beloved family members. 

A family memorial service will take place next summer in Rockton. 

Heartfelt thanks to her constant companion Aciba Peoples who continued to attend to her since 2022, making her laugh, taking great care of her and bringing her extra sweets and ice cream through her stay at Legacy Ridge starting in 2024. Words cannot express what an incredible gift Aciba was and is to our family. 

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