Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gay, Pearl I. Williams, 1953 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ PEARL IDA GAY MRS. G.T. GAY OF RESCUE, BURIED FRI. DECEMBER 11, 1953 Mrs. Pearl Ida Gay, wife of Geo. Thomas Gay, of Rescue, died in Alexandria Hospital Thursday, December 10, 1953, after a long illness. She was a member of Riverview Methodist Church and a lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County. Besides her husband she is survived by five daughters, Mrs. W.A. Hampton and Mrs. George T. Lee, both of Woodbridge, Va.; Mrs. A.L. Dovel of Shenandoah, Va.; Mrs. A.L. Harding of Richmond; Mrs. Irma Padgett of Norfolk; three sons, W.R. Gay and Thurman Gay, both of Rescue; and George T. Gay, Jr. of Hampton; one sister, Mrs. Annie Hackney of Edenton, N.C.; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Friday at 3 p.m. in the Riverview Methodist Church, Rescue, by the Rev. E.B. Dean. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pearl Ida (WILLIAMS; Mrs. Geo. Thomas {Sr.} GAY, of Rescue, lifelong resident of Isle of Wight Co., d. 10 Dec 1953, Alexandria, age 67*, interred in Riverview Methodist Church Cemetery**, near Rescue, 11 Dec 1953, "The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 36, No. 28, Dec. 17, 1953 Additional information: **Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #21: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html Pearl, dt/o Fesser & Jane [HOLLAND*] WILLIAMS, & George m. 18 Feb 1901, in Elizabeth City, NC. (Pasquotank Co., NC, M.Reg.) *Her D.Cert. (#27028) gives b. 26 Jun 1886, VA, dt/o Jane Holland. Her daughter Goldie Hampton was the informant. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/g000p1ob.txt