Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gay, Clarence H., 1945 

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Clarence H. Gay Rites Held Sunday 

  SUFFOLK, Sept. 10. - Funeral services for Clarence H. Gay were conducted at 
2 p.m. yesterday at the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home by Dr. John G. 
Truitt, pastor of the Suffolk Christian Church. 

  Rev. Victor Murchison, assistant pastor of the Christian Church, sang, "Lead 
Kindly Light," accompained by Mrs. Julian Goodwin.  The pall was of pink 
gladioli and red roses. 

  Active pallbearers were T.O. Blanchard, C.H. Elliott, J.L. Umphlette, N.R. 
Beale, R.P. Pippin, and R.W. Griggs.  Burial was in Antioch Cemetery. 

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C. H. Gay, 52, Of Smithfield Was Buried on Sunday 

  Clarence Homer Gay, died Sept. 7th at 5 AM at his home near Morgart's Beach 
after an illness of two weeks. 

  Besides his wife, Mrs. Odie Gay, he is survived by a daughter, Miss Ethel 
Gay; four sons, S.M., B.F., and L.R. Gay of near Morgart's Beach, and Homer 
Gay of Treeville; three sisters, Mrs. T.C. Blanchard of Portsmouth, Mrs. W.E. 
Richards of Portsmouth, and Mrs. W.E. Turner of Norfolk; three brothers, W.A. 
Gay of Portsmouth, S.L. Gay of Zuni, and I.R. Gay of Norfolk. 

  Mr. Gay was an employee of The Smithfield Farmers, Inc. 

  The body was taken to the funeral home of I.O. Hill & Co., where funeral 
services were held Sunday at 2 PM, conducted by Dr. John G. Truitt.  Burial 
was in Antioch Church Cemetery. 


Clarence Homer GAY, farmer, 
b. 28 Aug 1893, Isle of Wight Co., 
d. 7 Sep 1945, at home, near Morgart's Beach, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 9 Sep 1945, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 354, Mon., Sep. 10, 1945, p. 8; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Volume 28, Number 24, Wed., Sep. 12, 1945, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 

Unmarked?  Not on: 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

D.Cert. 19817 (Hardy #11) gives buried Antioch Church Cemetery, 
   by I.O. Hill & Co. 

Find a Grave Memorial #201142859 [no photo] 

His widow 2m. John Cornelius DIXON.  She is also buried there, unmarked. 
   Her obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," June 12, 14 & 15, 1959) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/d250o1ob.txt 

His parents, Leland Silas Mack GAY & "Meadie" (KINMAN GAY) MOORE, 
   are also buried there. 


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