Rev. Dave Autry Jr., 91, passed away Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 in Graham. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Oct. 22, at 11 a.m. in Oasis of Grace. Burial will follow in Pioneer Cemetery under the direction of Morrison Funeral Home. Autry was born Dec. 27, 1924 in Calvert, to the late Dave and Bulah Thomas Autry. He finished high school in Calvert on May 19, 1944, moved to San Angelo in 1951 and married Vermel Chambers on April 14, 1951. He worked for the Goodfellow Air Force Base and moved to Graham in 1971 to pastor the Mount Zion Baptist Church. He worked for Morrison Clothing Store as a janitor and later went to work at Graham Magnetics until retirement in 1990. Autry pastored churches in Brady, Eldorado, Graham and most recently, Rising Star Baptist in Olney and Grace Chapel in Graham. He served in the Quartermaster Army Service and also served as the corresponding secretary of the Progressive West Texas Baptist District Association Sunday School and B.T.U. Congress of Auxiliaries for 13 years. He was a member of the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Graham and AFGE Masonic Lodge 300 in San Angelo. Survivors include his wife, Vermel Autry of Graham; daughters, Shirley Merritt and Davorah Toliver and husband, Ronald, all of Houston; son, Curtis Autry and wife, Pamela, of Lubbock; brother, General Autry and wife, Florene, of Houston; sister, Mary Helen Autry of Los Angeles, Calif.; 10 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and 10 great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his brothers, C.F. Autry and M.J. Autry; grandson, B. Merritt and great-grandson, Isiah Smith. Visitation will be held Saturday from 8 to 11 a.m. at Oasis of Grace.