Obuary for William "Will" Gay | Marianna Chapel Funeral Home

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• WILLIAM LAWRENCE GAY OBUARY
• SGT. WILLIAM “BILL” GAY
• WILLIAM GAY, JR. OBUARY
• WILLIAM "BILL" LAWRENCE GAY
• OBUARY OF WILLIAM G. GAY
• WILLIAM "WILL" GAY
• OBUARY: CUNNGHAM, WILLIAM (BILL) GAY
• WILLIAM GAY DI AT 70; WRER TIED TO TENNSEE
• CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
• WILLIAM KNIGHTLY GAY OBUARY
• WILLIAM RONNIE GAY OBUARY
• WILLIAM GAY OBUARY

WILLIAM LAWRENCE GAY OBUARY

It is wh ep sorrow that we announce the ath of William Lawrence Gay formerly of Kston, North Carola, who passed away on March 13, 2023, at the age of 66, leavg to mourn fay and iends. Leave a sympathy msage to the fay the gutbook on this memorial page of William Lawrence Gay to show was preceased by: his parents, Marilynn Ferrell Gay and Joseph Daniel Gay; and his father--law At Rae Johnson Sr..

SGT. WILLIAM “BILL” GAY

He is survived by: his wife Phyllis Johnson Gay of Atlantic Beach, NC; his children, Palmer At Gay of Atlantic Beach, NC, Kara Johnson Gay and Keeley Ferrell Gay of Charlton, SC; his mother--law Ellen Brson Johnson of Kston, NC; and his siblgs, Lynn Gay Crawford of Kston, NC, Joseph Daniel Gay, Jr. (Sara Beth) of Wilmgton, NC and Mark O'Brian Gay (Carol) of Lville, NC.

WILLIAM GAY, JR. OBUARY

William “Bill” Gay, 46, of Man, passed away Thursday, October 14, 2021.

Bill is survived by his wife MayAnn Gay of Man; children, Ashton Dakota Gay, JulieAnn Dixon, Penelope Elizabeth Gay, and William Elijah Gay, all of Man; brothers, Timothy Lamar Gay (Rieko) of Colorado Sprgs, Colorado, T. Gay, Jr.

WILLIAM "BILL" LAWRENCE GAY

(Angela) of Franklton, Louisiana, and Timothy Lamar Gay, Jr., (Ali) of Franklton; sister, Ta Lynn Gay of Franklton, Louisiana; parents, Tim and Lda Gay of Franklton, Louisiana; parents--law, Bill and San Copley of Man; grandfather, Louie Dee of Altha, Florida; nt, Melanie Ann Tatum of Altha, Florida; brothers--law, Waylon Copley of Asheville, North Carola, Max Copley of Man, and Wa Copley of Syrace, New York; bt iend, Stt Chapman of Man; and several s, niec and nephews.

William “Bill” Gay, please vis our floral store. William "Bill" Gay Jr., 81, of Pleasant Hill, IA, passed away on September 13, 2019, at Mercy Hospice.

OBUARY OF WILLIAM G. GAY

He is survived by his fay Anthony Gay, Mart (Heidi) Gay, step-sons; Roger (Andrea) Caliger, and Timothy, (Diana) Caliger, sisters; Barbara Roberts, Mary McCley, brother; Joseph (Sharon) Gay, and 6 Grandchildren, and his long-time partner Bea Bond. To send flowers or a remembrance gift to the fay of William Gay, Jr., please vis our Tribute Store.

William “Bill” Lawrence Gay passed away sudnly on March 13, 2023. He was born on May 18, 1956, Kston, North Carola, the third child of Marilynn Ferrell Gay and Joseph Daniel Gay. He is survived by his lovg wife of 33 years, Phyllis Johnson Gay (Atlantic Beach, NC); his son, Palmer At Gay (Atlantic Beach, NC); his dghters, Kara Johnson Gay and Keeley Ferrell Gay (Charlton, SC); mother--law, Ellen Brson Johnson (Kston, NC); sister, Lynn Gay Crawford (Kston, NC); brothers, Joseph Daniel Gay, Jr.

WILLIAM "WILL" GAY

And wife Sara Beth (Wilmgton, NC) and Mark O’Brian Gay and wife Carol (Lville, NC); and many cherished niec, nephews, s, and iends. He was preced ath by his parents, Joseph and Marilynn Gay and father--law, At Rae Johnson Sr. Checks should be ma out to “Bill Gay Memorial Scholarship Fund” addrsed to 103 Glenn St.

OBUARY: CUNNGHAM, WILLIAM (BILL) GAY

memory of William "Bill" Lawrence Gay, please vis our floral store. Gay. Gay, Sr., lovgly known as “Bill” and “Gmpy”, age 80, of Channahon, passed away peacefully, December 22, 2022 at 6:17 p.

Born July 8, 1942 Joliet, he was the son of the late William and Anna (Long) Gay.

Visatn for Bill Gay will be held Friday, December 30, 2022 om 2:00 to 7:00 p. William “Will” Lee Gay, age 57, of Alford, FL, passed away peacefully on Friday, Augt 6, 2021 at Ascensn Sacred Heart Bay Panama Cy, FL.

WILLIAM GAY DI AT 70; WRER TIED TO TENNSEE

He was preced ath by his parents, Millard Lee Gay and Mary Melenz; other father, Ben Blackburn; and brother, Darrel Williams Jr. Will is survived by his mother’s, Jan Blackburn and Brenda Hummel-Gay; children, Jt Gay (Holly) of Greenhead, Florida, Carmen Gay of Alford, Florida, Adam Malara-Gay of San Anton, Texas, Automn Weeks (Steven) of Cottondale, Florida, Travis Murray (Bethany) of Alford, Florida, and McKenzie Gay of Cottondale, Florida; siblgs, Michael Gay (Lda) of New Brnfels, Texas, Stephanie Stephens (Eddie) of Knoxville, Tennsee, Ana Stewart (Kev) of Pensala, Florida, Jenny Owens (Tim) of Grand Ridge, Florida and David Jimenez of Las Vegas, Nevada.

CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT

In li of flowers, memorial ntributns may be ma to the fay of Will Gay. memory of William "Will" Gay, please vis our floral store. Today we are celebratg the life and legacy of William (Bill) Gay was born September 10, 1953, Cleveland, Oh, a son of the late Trevie and Oleta Colls married the late Darlene Sue Richards on September 14, 1971.

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTWilliam Gay Di at 70; Wrer Tied to TennseeFeb. 29, 2012William Gay, a self-tght novelist om ral Tennsee who emerged om obscury his late 50s wh crilly praised books the Southern Gothic style, died last Thursday at his home, a log b Hohenwald, southwt of Nashville.

WILLIAM KNIGHTLY GAY OBUARY

Gay’s most recent publisher, MacAdam/ son of a sharecropper who spent much of his workg life blue-llar jobs, Mr. Gay wrote about stic Tennsee wh an si observer’s eye for lol lor and a hyperbolist’s light regnal idsyncrasi. Gay created a hometown for his fiercely eccentric, furly motivated or morally challenged characters — Ackerman’s Field, Tenn.

Gay wrote “The Paperhanger, ” a short story about a man who killed a ltle girl bee she had looked at him funny.

Gay’s prose, not exactly purple, was often ght wh mythic ronance — that serpent, for example — which sued the amb parabl of good and evil that drew him.

WILLIAM RONNIE GAY OBUARY

Gay to the readg world beyond lerary journals, he created a battle between Dallas Hard, a malevolent bootlegger, and Nathan Wer, the young rpenter Hard hir to build a honky-tonk on the property he has taken over om s crippled owner.

Gay’s imagatn, ” Richard Bernste wrote The New York Tim Book Review about “Provc of Night, ” “giv this book s nsirable narrative power but also mak far-fetched, termtently zany, somethg about four-fifths Flkner wh ‘The Omen’ fillg the rt. “Gay succsfully this form’s abily to unsettle rears, forcg them to see anew darker aspects of humany. ” BerkleyWilliam Elbert Gay was born Hohenwald on Oct.

Gay’s fay. A rear om a young age, William Gay was troduced to the work of the novelist Thomas Wolfe by a high school teacher, and he disvered the Sig paperback edns of tl by Southern wrers like Flannery O’Connor that would lor his own fictn. Gay said of a llectn of O’Connor’s short stori an terview last year wh the Tennsee Lerary Project, an archive at Middle Tennsee State Universy.

WILLIAM GAY OBUARY

Gay had bee a full-time wrer, but as a figure on the lerary scene, ved to wrers’ nferenc and llege mp, he was a stranger a strange land. Gay’s marriage, to Dianne Bowen, end divorce.