GIBSON COUNTY, TN - Obituaries - Major William Gay 1901

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Trenton Herald-Democrat, March 29, 1901



Death of Maj. Gay



Major Wm. Gay, one of the best known men in Gibson county and one of the most

highly esteemed citizens, died at his home near this city Friday night, March

22, of a kidney and bladder trouble with which he had been affected in a mild

form for years. Maj. Gay was born in this county in January, 1827.  He joined

the confederate army in 1861 as Captain of a company which he had organized of

the 47th Tennessee Regiment infantry.  After the reorganization in 1863 he

returned home and organized Company A of Russell's Regiment.  He served as

Captain of this Company until the last year of the war, when he was promoted

to the rank of Major of the 20th Tennessee cavalry. Since the war he has

devoted his time to farming and stock-raising, at which he was quite

successful.  He was chosen trustee of Gibson county in 1886 and served two

terms.  At the time of his death he was president of Strahl Bivouac and

commander of the R. M. Russell Camp.  He was an elder of the Cumberland

Presbyterian Church at this place and had been superintendent of the Sunday

School for many years.  Three sons and two daughters survive him. The funeral

services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Cumberland church by the

pastor, Rev. Brown, and Rev. Joe McLesky, of Humboldt, and the edifice would

not accommodate half the vast multitude that assembled to witness the

services.  A large delegation of ex-confederate soldiers formed a part of the

unusually long funeral cortage, there being as many as 70 old comrades in

line.  After the church services the remains were laid to rest in Oakland

Cemetery beneath a large number of beautiful floral tributes from admiring and

sympathetic friends.  The following relatives from a distance were among those

who attended the funeral: Mrs. A. T. Gay and Chas. Gay, Graham, Texas; Norman

Gay, Silverton, Texas; Miss Julia Gay, Vernon, Texas.