Biographies: Rev. William Robert Gage, 1980, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 3, 1980 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Sunday Proclaimed "Brother Gage Day"

Presented Keys To City

The First Presbyterian Church of Winnfield is planning a celebration Sunday in
honor of their pastor, Rev. William Robert Gage, who has served there for 25
years.

Friends are invited to attend a reception in his honor from 3 to 5 p.m.
September 7 in the Fellowship Hall of the church.

Mayor Jack Henderson has proclaimed September 7 as "Brother Gate Day" and this
week the mayor presented Rev. Gage with the keys to the City of Winnfield.  He
also presented the pastor a certificate for recognition of his outstanding
service to the community.

Rev. Gage has served for over 30 years in Red River Presbytery (now Presbytery
of the Pines).  His first pastorate was in Alabama Presbyterian Church near
Choudrant in Lincoln Parish.

He was the first pastor of Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church near Austin,
Texas, serving there briefly before returning to Red River Presbytery in
September of 1955.

After graduating from Wells High School at age 16, Rev. Gage attended Austin
College and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.  He graduated in 1950 from
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary with a Bachelor of Divinity degree.

Rev. Gage also served as a marine in World War II at Okinawa and in North
China, from 1944 to 1946.

The Presbyterian pastor has been active in Winnfield civic affairs, including
participation in the Kiwanis Club, where he was a past president.  He is a 25
year member of the VFW and also helped to organize the Winnfield service unit
of the Salvation Army, an organization he has chaired since 1970.

He is presently on the Winn Parish Jury Commission, the Council on Aging
board, and has served as representative on the Board of Supervisors of
Elections.

Rev. Gage is married to Patrician Anthony Gage, from Austin, Texas, a graduate
of the University of Texas.  The Gage's three children are William Robert
Gage, Jr., who works with Murphy Oil Company in El Dorado, Arkansas, Edwin
Gage, a photographer in Shreveport, and Patricia A. Bentley of Salisaw,
Oklahoma.  The Gage children are all graduates of Louisiana Tech University.

During Rev. Gage's pastorate in Winnfield and at Alabama Presbyterian, new
churches were built.  He followed Rev. Alwin Stokes at the First Presbyterian
Church in Winnfield.

"We've been privileged to live in a good community," Rev. Gage stated.  "This
town provides the opportunity for growth and development and we're proud to be
part of Winnfield."