Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gay, Annie L. Gardner, 1933 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ANNIE LEE GARDNER GAY FRANKLIN NEWS FRANKLIN, Va., March 9. - Mrs. Annie Lee Gay, aged 67, died at her home in Franklin Tuesday night at 9:35 after an illness of ten days. Mrs. Gay [was] the wife of Joe Bynum Gay, of Franklin, and the daughter of Captain A.L. Gardner of Franklin, and the late Bettie Lee Gardner of Nansemond county. Besides her husband and father she is survived by one son, Joe Bynum Gay, Jr., and one grandchild, Joe Bynum Gay, III., of Franklin; one sister, Mrs. W.H. Pierce, of Danville, one half sister, Dr. Emily Gardner, of Richmond, one half brother, Rev. E. Norfleet Gardner, of Dunn, N.C. Mrs. Gay was a member of one of the oldest families of Nansemond county, a prominent and active member in the Christian Church, president of the Eastern Virginia Women Conference, vice-president of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Franklin Christian Church, charter member of the Franklin Book Club, active member of the United Daughters of Confederacy, D.A.R. Constantia Chapter. Funeral will be held from the Franklin Christian church this afternoon at 3 o'clock with her pastor, Dr. Elwood W. Jones, officiating, assisted by Dr. C.H. Rowland of Greensboro, N.C., a former pastor, and Rev. R.D. Stephenson of Franklin. Interment in Popular Spring cemetery. Active Pall bearers will be J. Felton Bryant, Jr., C.C. Vaughan, III., W.O. Bristow, P.A. Jones, J.A. Williams, Pretlow Holland and John P. Lee, of Suffolk, and George H. Parker. ****************************************************************************** MRS. JOE BYNUM GAY Mrs. Annie Lee Gay, wife of Joe Bynum Gay, died at her home in Fourth Avenue Tuesday night after an illness of about two weeks. Mrs. Gay was the daughter of Captain A.L. Gardner and the late Mrs. Bettie Lee Gardner of this town, and was born in Franklin June 3, 1876. She is survived by her husband; one son, Joe Bynum Gay, Jr., and a grandson, Joe Bynum Gay, 3rd; by her father and stepmother; a sister, Mrs. W.H. Pierce of Danville; a half-sister, Dr. Emily Gardner of Richmond and a half-brother, Rev. E. Norfleet Gardner of Dunn, N.C. An only brother, A.L. Gardner, Jr., died number of years ago, and she leaves a large and prominent family connection here and throughout this section of the State. Mrs. Gay, who was an alumna of Elon College, was a woman of varied and useful activities, numbering a wide circle of friends. She was especially interested in the work of her church and of the Christian denomination generally as an active member of the Franklin Christian Church and as Vice President of the Ladies Aid Society of the church. She was President of the Eastern Virginia Woman’s Missionary Conference, and had held other important offices in the work of the missionary organizations of the church. She was a charter member of the Franklin Book Club, a member of Agnes Lee Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy, and of Constantia Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution of Suffolk. Funeral services were held from the Franklin Christian Church yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the presence of an unusually large assemblage of friends, including many from Suffolk, Norfolk and other places. The service was directed by Dr. Elwood W. Jones, pastor of the church, assisted by two of its former pastors, Dr. C.H. Rowland of Greensboro, N.C., and Rev. N.G. Newman of Holy Neck; Dr. L.E. Smith, president of Elon and the Rev. R. D. Stephenson of the Franklin Baptist Church. Hymns sung by the church choir included, "The Church’s One Foundation" and "Nearer My God to Thee." Interment was made in Poplar Spring Cemetery. Active pallbearers were: J.F. Bryant, Jr., C.C. Vaughan, 3rd, W.O. Bristow, P.A. Jones, J.A. Williams, L. Pretlow Holland and John P. Lee of Suffolk and Geo. H. Parker. Annie Lee (GARDNER; Mrs. Josiah "Joe" B. Sr.) GAY, civic leader, b. 3 Jun 1876, Franklin, d. 7 Mar 1933, at home, Franklin, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 5*), Franklin, 9 Mar 1933, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 10, No. 300, Thurs., Mar. 9, 1933, p. 6, clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #38032950, by Martha Fontaine Byrum; "Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 28, No. 22, Fri., Mar. 10, 1933, p. 1 text posted with Find a Grave Memorial #38032950, by Bruce Saunders, for the Southampton County Historical Society *Additional information: Her parents & step-mother are buried in the same plot. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt A photo of her gravestone - added by HLMT - is also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #38032950. D.Cert. 7627 (Franklin #14) Josiah Bynum Gay, 26, s, So.Co., So.Co., s/o Littleton Allen and Elizabeth Rosa Bryant Gay, Merchant m. 04-27-1899 Franklin, Va. by Rev. N.G. Newman Annie Lee Gardner, 23, s, So.Co., So.Co., d/o Abraham Littleton Jr. and Elizabeth Judson Lee Gardner (Southampton Co. MB9:547; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb09pt.txt) Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 3, 1947, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g000j5ob.txt Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 22, 1933, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g635a3ob.txt Her brother's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 25, 1918, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g635a2ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by William J. DelMonte (JazzyBill@aol.com) & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g000a1ob.txt