Debra Gray, an introverted woman known for her devotion to her extended family who quietly supported herself on earnings in restaurant kitchens and at gas station counters, passed away last month. She was 52.
Sandy blond, Ms. Gray was born in San Diego on September 14, 1961. Her mother, Luella Nichols, a homemaker from Texas, left her first husband when her daughter was months old and soon moved to Petaluma. There she met and married…