Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gay, Sam T., 1948 

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Sam Tilden Gay Succumbs at 72 

  Sam Tilden Gay, 72, a resident and merchant of Carrsville for the past 12 
years, died this morning in a Portsmouth hospital after an illness of a few 
months. 

  Mr. Gay was a former resident of Suffolk and for a number of years was 
president of the American Lumber Corporation here. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, he was the son of the late Jerry and Mary 
Eley Gay.  He was a member of the Holland Christian Church. 

  Besides his wife*, Mrs. Ada Lorene Gay, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. 
M.E. Williams of Suffolk; one son, W.S. Gay of Blacksburg; one brother, C.P. 
Gay of Emporia; seven grandchildren, one great grandchild, and a number of 
nieces and nephews. 

  The body was taken to the W.J.M. Holland Funeral Home in Franklin, where 
services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.  The services will be 
conducted by Dr. W.B. O'Neal, with interment at Antioch Christian Church 
cemetery in Isle of Wight County. 

[photo, captioned:] 

SAM T. GAY 


"Sam" Samuel Tilden GAY, Carrsville merchant, 
b. 14 Feb 1876, Isle of Wight Co., d. 5 Nov 1948, Portsmouth, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 7 Nov 1948, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 25, No. 182, Fri., Nov. 5, 1948, 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 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

The "News-Herald" photo, & one of his gravestone, are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #104919837. 

D.Cert. 24317 (Portsmouth #581) 

He is buried with his first wife, Roxanna D. (TURNER) GAY (1873-1969), 
   although they were divorced.  Her obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Jan. 13, 
   1969, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/g000r6ob.txt 

His widow, Ada Lorene (TURNER) GAY (1899-1953), 2m. Irwin DARDEN. 
   She is buried with her parents in Mt. Holly Cemetery, Onancock, 
   Accomack Co. 


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