Randolph County AlArchives Obituaries.....Gay, Thomas Jefferson October 14, 1957 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Phillip Davis phillipd07@bellsouth.net June 19, 2010, 1:49 am The Roanoke Leader, October 17, 1957, p. 1 Thomas Jefferson Gay Thomas Jefferson Gay, age 71, Roanoke Rt. 5, passed away in a Franklin hospital at 6:48 Tuesday morning, Oct. 15. Mr. Gay is survived by his wife; four sons, Loonis (should be Lunnie) of LaGrange and Luther, Jesse and Austin, all of Florida; three daughters, Miss Nirtha (should be Bertha)Gay of Roanoke Rt. 5, Mrs. Birtis (should be Birtice) Brown of Franklin Rt. 3, and Mrs. Annie Cunningham of Roanoke Rt. 3; seven brothers and six sisters; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services for Mr. Gay will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2:30 from the Beulah Church by the Rev. Roy Parmer and the Rev. Mr. Rollins. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Quattlebaum's Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements. Additional Comments: Thomas "Tom" Jefferson Gay born: April 27, 1886 in Randolph County, Alabama died: October 14 (according to death certificate)1957 in Heard County, Georgia burial: Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Hillabehatchee, Randolph County, Alabama Thomas "Tom" Jefferson Gay's wife was Wille Dee Veal Gay. Children of Thomas "Tom" Jefferson Gay are: Nannie B. Gay b. 25 July 1908 and d. 7 December 1909. Buried in Misc. Cemeteries Townships 21 & 22(High Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Randolph County, Alabama). Birtice Maybell Gay b. 5 April 1910 and d. 3 May 1973 in LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia. Birtice married John Henry Brown on 7 December 1929 (marriage record recorded at Franklin Courthouse, Franklin, Heard County, Georgia). Birtice and John Henry Brown are buried in Restlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery, LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia. Bertha Lee Gay b. 10 May 1912 and d. 8 October 1994 in Randolph County, Alabama. Bertha married Durard V. Jeffers August 1959. Bertha and Durard Jeffers are buried in Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Hillabehatchee, Randolphh County, Alabama. Fanny Mae Gay b. 10 November 1913 and d. 28 December 1929 in Randolph County, Alabama. Fannie Mae Gay never married. She is believed to be buried close to Thomas "Tom" Jefferson and Willie Dee Veal Gay in Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Hillabehatchee, Randolph County, Alabama in an unmarked grave. William Lunnie Gay b. 10 May 1915 and d. 31 October 1982 in LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia. William L. Gay married Carrie Causey on 6 November 1933 (marriage record recorded in Wedowee Courthouse, Wedowee, Randolph County, Alabama). William Lunnie and Carrie Causey Gay are buried in the LaGrange City (Shadowlawn) Cemetery, LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia. Infant Gay b. 19 June 1917 and d. 28 June 1917 in Randolph County, Alabama. Infant Gay buried in Misc. Cemeteries Township 21 & 22 (High Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Randolph County, Alabama). Luther B. "Gout" Gay b. 3 February 1919 and d. 11 February 2002 in Florida. Annie Catherine Gay b. 5 March 1923 and d. 13 December 2007 in Randolph County, Alabama. Annie C. Gay married James "Buster" W. Cunningham on 19 July 1941. Annie Catherine Gay and James "Buster" W. Cunningham are buried in the Springfield Methodist Church Cemetery (Pittman Cemetery), Springfield, Randolph County, Alabama. Jessie "Jack" Thomas Gay b. 12 September 1925 and d. 20 March 1970 in Randolph County, Alabama. Believe Jessie T. Gay married a Minnie Carson. Jessie Thomas Gay is buried in the Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Hillabehatchee, Randolph County, Alabama. Austin Gay b. 24 December 1930. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/obits/g/gay272nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/alfiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb