Randolph County AlArchives Marriages.....Gay, Willie D. (Dee) Veal - Bennette, Thomas Gordon April 10, 1961
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Marriage License
State of Alabama Randolph County.
To any person lawfully authorized to solemnize marriages within said State, greetings:
You are hereby authorized to celebrate the rite of matrimony for the persons named below, 
after which you are required to return this license, duly certified under your hand, 
to the Probate Judge of the aforesaid county.
Done this the 10th day of April 1961
								Steve Benefield
								Judge of Probate

Groom
Name: Gordon Bennette
Residence: Rt. 5, Roanoke
County: Randolph, Ala.
Birth Date: August 1, 1886
Age: 74        Race: White
Birth Place: Randolph County
Martial Status: Widowed
No. of previous marriages: 1
Occupation: Retired
Name of Father: John Bennette
Name of Mother: Fannie Burke

Bride
Name: Willie D. Gay
Residence: Rt. 5, Roanoke
County: Randolph, Ala.
Birth Date: February 3, 1887
Age: 74        Race: White
Birth Place: Randolph County
Martial Status: Widowed
No. of previous marriages: 1
Occupation: Retired
Name of Father: William Veal
Name of Mother: Dora Boyd

CERTIFICATE OF PERSON PERFORMING CEREMONY
I hereby certify that Gordon Bennette (Groom) and Willie D. Gay (Bride) were joined 
in marriage by me in accordance with the laws of the State of Alabama in Randolph County, 
Alabama this 10th day of April 1961.

Signed: Steve Benefield   Official Position:  Judge of Probate
Address:  Wedowee, Ala

Returned this 10th day of April, A.D. 1961 and recorded in 
Marriage License Record Book No. 21, Page 168.

			Steve Benefield
			Judge of Probate

Additional Information: 

Thomas Gordon Bennett's first wife was Hattie Pearl Gay (b. May 28, 1889 d. January 22, 1958).
Willie D. (Dee) Veal Gay's first husband was Thomas Jefferson Gay b. April 27, 1886 d. October 14, 1957). 

Hattie Pearl Gay and Thomas Jefferson Gay were brother and sister. 

Thomas Gordon Bennett, Willie Dee Veal Gay, Hattie Pearl Gay and Thomas Jefferson Gay are all buried 
at Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Hillabehatchee, Randolph County, Alabama.