Beloved father, grandfather, ProRoo Hall of Famer Neal Gay di at 96 - CBS Texas

Contents:

• HALL OF FAME STOCK CONTRACTOR NEAL GAY PASS AWAY
• HALL OF FAME STOCK CONTRACTOR NEAL GAY PASS AWAY
• MQUE ROO FOUNR GAY HONORED
• BELOVED FATHER, GRANDFATHER, PROROO HALL OF FAMER NEAL GAY DI AT 96
• GAY GO OM CHAMPN BULL RIR TO TOP NTRACTOR

HALL OF FAME STOCK CONTRACTOR NEAL GAY PASS AWAY

World-renowned stock ntractor Neal Gay, a ProRoo Hall of Famer, passed away Aug.

HALL OF FAME STOCK CONTRACTOR NEAL GAY PASS AWAY

Gay was ducted to the ProRoo Hall of Fame Colorado Sprgs, Colo., 1993. Born June 25, 1926, Dallas, Gay ro bulls, saddle broncs and barebacks and wrtled steers. In 1957, Gay found Rafter G Roo, which still ns strong the heart of Texas three generatns later.

In May 1958, Gay put Mque, Texas, on the map wh the openg of the Mque Champnship Roo partnership wh several other wboys.

Gay spoke on his roo reer an Dec. Roo ns the fay for the Gays.

MQUE ROO FOUNR GAY HONORED

“He would always say ‘God was first, fay was a close send, and the roo was right after that’, ” said Jim Gay. Casey Harp, Assistant General Manager of Rafter G Roo, said whout Neal Gay roo wouldn’t be what is today. Gay also is a member of the Texas Hall of Fame and was the recipient of the Ben Johnson Memorial Award om the Natnal Cowboy Roo Hall of Fame 2009.

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BELOVED FATHER, GRANDFATHER, PROROO HALL OF FAMER NEAL GAY DI AT 96

A fay's bond is strengthened when the youngt son tells his parents that he's gay. As a gay guy, I appreciate all the meos and referenc (G Kenworthy, Jane Lynch, Cheyenne Jackson......... 25, 2003) — A year-long project will honor a lifetime of acplishments when a 1 ¼-sle statue of Neal Gay, founr of Mque Champnship Roo, is unveiled.

Followg the ditn ceremony, the roo Gay found will get unr way as s 46th year to statue, signed by Loveland, Colo., artist Don Hunt, was st out of bronze and picts Gay on a horse wavg to visors to the roo and the Hampton Inn and Su and Mque Conventn began the latter part of 2002 and clud even flyg an artist to Texas to meet Gay and his wife, Kay.

Jack Beckman, a nsultant workg wh MCR parent pany Southwt Sports Group and former manager of the roo, said Kay Gay was the official "Neal Gay Expert, " and that the statute need to pass her spectn before beg set stone— project st was timated at $105, 000 at the outset some 10 months ago. "Gay found the roo 1958 when he purchased the Pleasant Mound roo. Over the years, Neal Gay laid everythg on the le—several tim—to keep the show have been several signifint dat the history of the roo, but arguably there are three very noteworthy eventsOne was the buildg and openg of the LBJ Freeway 1970, which ma Mque more accsible to travelers.

GAY GO OM CHAMPN BULL RIR TO TOP NTRACTOR

Another was the phone ll Neal Gay received om a small, brand new televisn work lled ESPN. And, fally, another signifint event was the purchasg of the roo by Tom Hicks' Southwt Sports Group—the same anizatn that owns the Texas Rangers and Dallas ceremony will clu a wele om emcee Jam Jenngs, Neal Gay's iend and the public addrs announcer at Ristol Arena as well as participatn om Congrsman Pete Ssns (R-Texas), and roo great Jim Shoulrs and W. Watt Jr., print of the Fort Worth Stock Show and Gay has produced the Fort Worth Stock Show and Roo for the past 24 years.

"I've been lucky all my life, " Neal Gay, 78, said. NORTH TEXAS () - Hall of fame stock ntractor and -founr of the Mque Roo, Neal Gay has died at the age of 96. His fay shared the news on Facebook, sayg: "On behalf of everyone here at the Gay fay and the extend fay and iends of Rafter G Roo, we are sadned to announce the passg of our beloved father, grandfather and founr Neal are so very thankful for the 96 years of wisdom, iendship and memori we have shared wh so many.