Surry County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gay, Minnie L. Harris, 1957 

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MINNIE LEE GAY 

MRS. MINNIE L. GAY 

  Mrs. Minnie Lee Gay, 84, who made her home with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. 
Lucille Gay, 1345 23rd St., Newport News, died at 1:45 p.m. Sunday at the home 
of her son, Dr. R. Ashton Gay, 5640 Shenandoah Ave., Norfolk, after an illness 
of one year. 

  Mrs. Gay, who was a native of Surry County, Va., had been a resident of 
Newport News for the past 65 years. 

  She was the widow of Edward Cary Gay. 

  She was a member of the Chestnut Avenue Methodist Church, the W.C.T.U., the 
Woman's Society of Christian Service. 

  Survivors include one son, Dr. R. Ashton Gay, Norfolk, one granddaughter, 
Mrs. James Drosselmeier, Newport News, and one grandson, John A. Gay, Norfolk, 
several nieces and nephews. 

  Funeral arrangements are incomplete. 

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MINNIE LEE GAY 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Lee Gay, 84, of 1345 23rd St., Newport 
News, who died Sunday in Norfolk after a year's illness, will be held at 1 
this afternoon at Peninsula Funeral Home. 

  The Rev. C.T. Topping, pastor of Chestnut Avenue Methodist Church, will 
conduct the rites, assisted by the Rev. Edgar A. Potts, D.D., pastor of 
Epworth Methodist Church, Norfolk. 

  Burial will be in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery in Surry County, 
where Mrs. Gay was a native. 

  Active pallbearers will be Dr. J.O. Belcher, J.R. Holton, George Gatling, 
Edgar Dunston, Enos Hargrave and Elton Booth.  Friends of the family will 
serve as honorary pallbearers. 

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MINNIE LEE GAY 

  Gay - Minnie Lee, 84, of 1345 23rd St., Newport News, died at 1:45 p.m. 
Sunday, Nov. 3, at the home of her son, Dr. R. Ashton Gay, 5640 Shenandoah 
Ave., Norfolk.  Survived by one son, one granddaughter and one grandson. 
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1957, at Peninsula 
Funeral Home.  Burial in Rocky Hock Church Cemetery, Surry County. 
(Peninsula Funeral Home in charge.)


Minnie Lee (HARRIS; Mrs. Edward C.) GAY, of Newport News, 
b. 14 Feb 1873, Surry Co., d. 6 Apr 1923, at son's home, Norfolk, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 41*), 8 Apr 1923, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Nov. 4, 1923, p. 7; 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Nov. 5, 1923, p. 18 

*Rocky Hock list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

A clipping of the second obit is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #236783706. 

Her husband's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Apr. 7, 1923, p. 10) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/g000e1ob.txt 

Her father, John Thomas HARRIS, was a Confederate veteran, serving as 
   a private in Co. I, 3rd VA Infantry, CSA.  Son of John & Nancy HARRIS, 
   he m. Mary Frances RICHARDSON, daughter of John G. & Mary C. RICHARDSON, 
   1 Feb 1859, in Surry Co.  Mary d. 24 May 1880, Surry Co.  J.T. d. 24 Nov 
   1894, Surry Co. 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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