Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gay, Felix W., 1959 

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FELIX WAVERLY GAY 

FELIX W. GAY, 91, DIES at WAKEFIELD 

  WAKEFIELD - Dec. 23 - Felix Waverly Gay, 91, died Tuesday at his home here.

  He was a member of Wakefield’s first town council and also served as the 
town’s treasurer.  He was a member of Wakefield Baptist Church and served as 
superintendent of the Sunday school for 30 years.

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Virgie Freeman Gay; a brother, Samuel Lee Gay 
of Richmond and two sisters, Mrs. Hattie L. Evans and Mrs. Mollie Holloway of 
Petersburg.

  Funeral rites will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Purviance Funeral Home, 
Wakefield, with burial in Wakefield Cemetery.

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FELIX WAVERLY GAY 

FELIX GAY, 91, DIED TUESDAY 

  Felix Waverly Gay, 91, and one of the oldest Wakefield residents, died 
December 22 at his home in Wakefield after 3 weeks illness.  He was a native 
of Sussex County and retired at the age of 80 as bookkeeper and salesman for 
Stephenson’s Furniture Store where he had worked for 40 years.  He was the son 
of the late Indiana Elizabeth Clary Gay and Decator Washington Gay.

  He was a teacher in Wakefield Baptist Church Sunday School.  He served as 
auditor for the Petersburg Baptist Association for 50 years, and served ten 
years as treasurer of the town of Wakefield.  He was a member of the first 
Town council.

  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Virgie Freeman Gay, of Wakefield; two 
sisters, Mrs. Hattie Lucile Evans, of Petersburg; and Mrs. Millie Holloway, 
of Petersburg; one brother, Samuel Lee Gay, of Richmond, and three nephews 
and two nieces.

  Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 24 at 2:30 p.m. at the 
Purviance Funeral Chapel with Rev. D.M. Cotter and L.P. Bland, officiating. 
Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery.

  Pallbearers will be J.N. Savedge, J.N. Barker, S.I. Jenkins, E.A. Hatch, 
C.H. Traylor, Sr., Herman Whitfield, Herbert Hatch and Hartwell Stephenson.


Felix Waverly GAY, retired bookkeeper & saleman, 
former Wakefield councilman & treasurer, 
b. 17 Jul 1868, d. 22 Dec 1959, at home, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 24 Dec 1959, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Dec. 24, 1959, p. 22; 
Purviance Funeral Home obit 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

D.Cert. 32486 (Wakefield #17) gives b. Sussex Co. 

He 1m. "Pattie" Martha Rebecca ANDREWS 6 Apr 1892 in Surry Co. 
   Ancestry.com "Select VA Marriages" gives b. Southampton Co. 

Pattie's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Feb. 9, 1938, p. 15) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/g000m2ob.txt 

He 2m. widow "Virgie" Virginia Lee (BRITTLE; Mrs. Charles J.) FREEMAN 
   5 Sep 1946 in Petersburg; M.Cert. 30692 (Southampton Co. #182) 
   also gives b. Southampton Co. 

Virgie's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, Apr 1989) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/g000v2ob.txt 


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