Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gay, Peyton N., 1954 

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PEYTON NICHOLAS GAY 

   Peyton N. Gay, 62, of Wakefield died in a Suffolk hospital on Monday, 
November 1.

   A member of Burton's Grove Christian Church, he is survived by his wife, 
Mrs. Lillian Barrett Gay; a son, Daniel C. Gay, of Wakefield; four 
grandchildren; and one brother John Gay, of Ivor.

   Funeral services were conducted at the Purviance Funeral Chapel in 
Wakefield on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. James Maden and Rev. 
Ritchie Brittle.  The choir sang "Nearer My God to Thee" and "Sweet Bye 
and Bye."  Burial was in Wakefield Cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were Lyster Altizer, Dr. William Leech, J.L. Long, 
J.M. Long, George S. Munford, J.H. Stephenson, Sr., and Charles Travis.

   The deceased was a deacon in his church and a charter member of the 
Wakefield Hunt and Sportsmen's clubs.


Peyton Nicholas GAY, of Wakefield, farmer, 
b. 15 Jul 1892, Sussex Co., d. 1 Nov 1954, Suffolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 3 Nov 1954, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 4, 1954, Sect. 1, p. 5 

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

Birthplace from WW-II draft card. 

D.Cert. 25546 (Chuckatuck #219) gives his father as John Franklin GAY; 
   that's his brother's name.  Their father was John Eley GAY. 

His parents m. 29 Feb 1888.  (Southampton Co. MB6:311) 


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