Suffolk City-Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gay, Floyd H., 2001 

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FLOYD HERBERT GAY 

  Floyd Herbert Gay, 79, of the 1400 block of Wilroy Road, died July 11, 2001, 
in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, Mr. Gay was the son of the late Charlie 
Lee Gay and Ballie Griggs Gay.  He was predeceased by three brothers, C.L., 
Russell and George Robert Gay.  He was a member of Bethany Presbyterian Church 
in Zuni, and Suffolk Moose Lodge No. 141.  He retired as a machinist from 
Norfolk Naval Shipyard and from the Greyhound/Trailways bus terminal Suffolk 
as a ticket agent, both after 21 1/2 years of service.  He later worked for 
Advance Auto Parts on Main Street in Suffolk and was a U.S. Army veteran of 
World War II. 

  He is survived by his sister, Mildred Gay Vanderburg of Portsmouth; and half 
sister, Nellie Gay Gaines of Newport, Tenn. 

  A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. 
Douglas Van Niel.  Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery with military honors 
accorded at the grave.  Friends my join the family today from 7 to 8 p.m. at 
the funeral home.  Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer 
Society, 902 Pennsylvania Ave., Suffolk, VA 23434. 


Floyd Herbert GAY, of Suffolk, retired machinist, Army veteran of WW-II, 
b. 26 Jun 1922, Isle of Wight Co., d. 11 Jul 2001, Suffolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 14 Jul 2001, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), July 13, 2001, B9  

*His parents are buried in Block D, Lot N 1/2-4. 
   Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 


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