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Centenary Methodist Church in Winston would be built in downtown Winston-Salem and contributed to local hospitals and orphanages as well. He and his sons also contributed heavily to Wake Forest University and the
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Years after Gray's death, Graylyn was donated to the Bowman Gray School of
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