ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: LAY, MARY ANN 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Hargrave Funeral Home, Morgan City, La.

Died: Saturday, May 23, 2015

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LAY, MARY ANN 
October 5, 1940 - May 23, 2015

Mary Ann Lay, of Patterson, Louisiana, passed away peacefully Saturday, May 23, 
2015, in Houston, Texas, surrounded by her family. 

Visitation with the family will be held at Hargrave Funeral Home in Morgan 
City, Louisiana, on Thursday, May 28, 2015, from 9am until time of service at 
11am. Burial will be immediately following at St. Joseph Cemetery in Patterson.

Mary Ann was born on October 5, 1940, in Baton Rouge to Carl and Anna Gill and 
spent her childhood in New Roads, Louisiana, with her parents and brother, 
Eugene Gill.

Upon her high school graduation she attended USL where she graduated with 
honors and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education. 
While in college she met the love of her life, Milford Woodrow Lay, Jr., whom 
she married in 1963. 
They later settled in Morgan City, Louisiana, where they started their family 
and worked together in the oil and gas industry, eventually founding Drill 
String Services, Inc., in 1989. Mary Ann loved nothing more than to be 
surrounded by her children and grandchildren at her home on the Bayou Teche in 
Patterson. 
She was also a collector of antiques and enjoyed spending time gardening.

Mary Ann is survived by her children, Milford "Trip" Woodrow Lay, III, and 
wife, Stacy; and Melinda Lay Morton and husband, Phillip. She also leaves 
behind nine grandchildren: Jordan Lay, Ross Lay, Hannah Lay, Madison Morton, 
Julianna Lay, Jaxson Lay, Aiden Morton, Joshua Thomas and Jacob Thomas; two 
brother-in-laws, Robert Lay, wife Ann and nephew Alan, and William Lay, wife 
Carolyn; one sister-in-law, Mary Gill and three nieces, Alita Gill Caparotta 
and family, Carla Gill White and family, and Kristen Gill Cantwell and family.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Milford; parents, Carl and Anna Gill; 
and brother, Eugene Gill.

Pallbearers are Ross Lay, Joshua Thomas, Jacob Thomas, Alan Lay, Jeffrey Day 
and Jaret Rentrop. Honorary Pallbearers are Wiley Magee; Norman Hymel; B.A. 
"Red" Adams, Sr.; Robert Lay; Michael Caparotta; Michael White and John 
Cantwell.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the MD Anderson Children's Art 
Project.

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