Obit of Gay, Gail Clark - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri     9 Oct 2005
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::Wetumpka Cemetery--Wetumpka OK

Surnames: GAY, HAYMAKER, CLARK, MITCHELL, CROUCH

from 1-9-2003 Examiner Enterprise

Gail C. Gay

Gail Clark Gay, 67, died on Wednesday morning at his home.

Services are pending with Arnold Moore Funeral Service.
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from 1-10-2003 Examiner Enterprise

Gail C. Gay

Mr. Gail Clark Gay, 67, retired Mathematics Teacher for the Bartlesville, 
College High School, died on Wednesday morning at his home.

Funeral services for Mr. Gay will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday in the 
Sanctuary of the Tuxedo Assembly of God Church. The Rev. L. A. Haymaker 
will be the officiant. Committal prayers and interment will be directed in 
the Wetumka Cemetery, Wetumka, Okla. at 3:00 p.m. on Monday by The Arnold 
Moore Funeral Service.

Mr. Gay will lie in state in the Drawing Rooms of The Arnold Moore Funeral 
Residence where friends may call for their visitation until he is removed 
to the church for services and final rites on Monday morning.

A native of Oklahoma, Gail Clark Gay was born on December 6, 1935 at 
Wetumka. He was the son of the late Lewis Robert and Sylvia Myrtle (Clark) 
Gay. He was reared and received his education in the Wetumka, Okla. 
community and was graduated with the Senior Class of 1954 from the Wetumka 
High School. He continued his education and was a student at East Central 
University, Ada, Okla. where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in 
Math Education in 1959. He moved to Oklahoma City, Okla. where he taught 
mathematics at Harding High School for ten years. He moved to Bartlesville 
and taught one semester at Sooner High School prior to returning to 
Oklahoma City and teaching for two years at Harding Junior High School. In 
1972, Mr. Gay returned to Bartlesville and was employed by the Wal-Mart 
Corp. for three and a half years where he served as checkout supervisor 
and as a customer service representative. Mr. Gay returned to his teaching 
career and taught Mathematics at the College High School for eighteen and 
a half years, retiring in 1993. Since that time, Mr. Gay has continued 
living in Bartlesville in retirement. Mr. Gay was a member of the Tuxedo 
Assembly of God Church and the Oklahoma Retired Teachers Association.

Surviving are his one son, Leon Clark Gay and his wife Elaine, Sapulpa, 
Okla.; one granddaughter, Miss Ashley Miranda Gay, Sapulpa, Okla.; and one 
brother, Paul W. Gay and his wife Evelyn, Miami, Okla. He was preceded in 
death by his father; mother; and two sisters, Mrs. Willie Myrtle Mitchell 
and Mrs. Goldie Lee Crouch.
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