Suffolk City-Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gay, Lilton, 1981 

************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm
************************************************

Lilton Gay 

  WINDSOR - Lilton Gay, 79, of Rt. 1, Windsor, died Friday in Louise Obici 
Memorial Hospital. 

  He was a native of Isle of Wight County and the husband of Mrs. Bernice Carr 
Gay.  He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Gay. 

  He was a member of Antioch Christian Church. 

  Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Mary Louise Bell of Windsor; four 
sons, James Lilton Gay of Windsor, Robert Lee Gay of Greensboro, N.C., David 
Ray Gay of Manassas, and Jesse James Gay of Yanceyville, N.C.; one sister, 
Mrs. Susie G. Bell of Chesapeake: 18 grandchildren; and three great-
grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. in Sidney F. Harrell 
Funeral Home by Dr. R.E. Brittle.  Burial will be in Western Branch Baptist 
Church Cemetery. 

  The family will be at the funeral home for visitation Sunday from 7 to 9 
p.m. 

****************************************************************************** 

LILTON GAY

   WINDSOR - Funeral services for Lilton Gay, 70, were held Monday in Sidney 
F. Harrell Funeral Home, Suffolk, by Dr. R.E. Brittle.  Burial was in Western 
Branch Baptist Church cemetery.

   Gay died Friday in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk.

   He was a native of Isle of Wight County and the husband of Bernice Carr 
Gay.  He was a retired farmer and member of the Antioch Christian Church.

   Other survivors include a daughter, Mary Louise Bell of Windsor; four sons, 
James Lilton Gay of Winton, Robert Led Gay of Greensboro, N.C., David Ray Gray 
of Manassas, Va., and Jesse James Gay of Yanceyville, N.C.; a sister, Susie G. 
Bell of Chesapeake; 18 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.


Lilton GAY, retired farmer, 
b. 20 Mar 1910, Isle of Wight Co., d. 16 Jan 1981, Suffolk, 
interred in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery*, 19 Jan 1981, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 59, No. 14, Fri., Jan. 16, 1981, p. 2 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., Jan. 22, 1981 

*Additional information: 

Western Branch list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wernbr.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #167059088. 

D.Cert. 81-003297 

His father, James R. GAY, was buried 27 Jun 1922 near Indika by C.W. BAILEY. 

His mother, Hattie E. (CROCKER) GAY, was buried 1 Jun 1921 in Antioch 
   Christian Church Cemetery near Windsor by C.W. BAILEY. 
   Antioch list, another extension of the 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 

His mother's D.Cert. 21-013001 (Newport #4) gives her as Hattie (WALKER) GAY, 
   daughter of George & Ella (TAYLOR) WALKER. 

His sister Hattie May's 2M.Cert. 61-031706 (Norfolk #1769) gives their mother 
   as Hattie Ann (WALKER) GAY. 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/g000l1ob.txt