William “Bill” Gay Obuary (1936 - 2021) | Grey Eagle, Mnota

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

SGT. WILLIAM “BILL” GAY

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. (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.

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William "Bill" Gay Jr., 81, of Pleasant Hill, IA, passed away on September 13, 2019, at Mercy Hospice. 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 GAY, JR. OBUARY

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. 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. memory of William "Bill" Lawrence Gay, please vis our floral store.

WILLIAM "BILL" LAWRENCE GAY

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OBUARY OF WILLIAM G. 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. He was preced ath by his parents, Millard Lee Gay and Mary Melenz; other father, Ben Blackburn; and brother, Darrel Williams Jr.

WILLIAM "WILL" GAY

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. 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.

OBUARY: CUNNGHAM, WILLIAM (BILL) GAY

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.

Gay’s most recent publisher, MacAdam/ son of a sharecropper who spent much of his workg life blue-llar jobs, Mr.

WILLIAM GAY DI AT 70; WRER TIED TO TENNSEE

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. 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.

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

” 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 KNIGHTLY 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.

And Chris; two dghters, Lee Gay Warren and Lra Shapiro; a brother, Cody; eight grandchildren; and four step-grandchildren. ’ ” A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 22 of the New York edn wh the headle: William Gay Di at 70; Wrer Tied to Tennsee. Californians will vote on a proposal to amend the state Constutn on the 2024 ballot to reaffirm gay marriage rights — a ut move that amid natnal anxiety after recent lgs by the nservative-leang U.

WILLIAM RONNIE GAY OBUARY

Although there is no current threat to the legaly of gay marriage, and Print Bin signed a bill safeguardg last year, the Democratic-domant state Legislature is seekg to remove language om California’s Constutn that still f marriage as between a man and outdated state fn has been emed unenforceable and unnstutnal thanks to feral law, but LGBTQ advocy groups are askg voters to repeal and amend the California Constutn to stead explicly state that marriage is “a fundamental right. Gav Newsom was out of state, Senate lear Toni Atks (D-San Diego) signed bills to law on his behalf as the first out gay actg ernor.

Other stat cid that the legal system was movg toward prervg the right to privacy and repealed sodomy laws to reflect that, like Illois did the stat where the sodomy laws have remaed, though, they have been ed as tools of opprsn and discrimatn agast gay and lbian people, Mr. Texas, gay and lbian people eher had to perjure themselv or not apply. “It wasn’t really a crimal issue for gays and lbians; was an issue of discrimatn, ” Mr.

Maryland had repealed a more explic sodomy ban 2020, but the “unnatural or perverted” language that remaed was ed May 2021 to arrt four gay men durg a raid on an adult book and vio May, Gov. It is wh great sadns that we announce the ath of William Knightly Gay of Brockton, Massachetts, born Stoughton, Massachetts, who passed away on January 14, 2022, at the age of 77, leavg to mourn fay and iends. Fay and iends are wele to leave their ndolenc on this memorial page and share them wh the was preceased by: his wife Kathleen Gay (Trombly) of Brockton; his parents, Henry Leland Gay and Ellen Patricia Gay (Tatro); and his brother Robert Gay of Plymouth.

WILLIAM GAY OBUARY

Gay Smh (Neil Smh) of Hgham, William P. Gay of Brockton, Kathleen Meaghan Gay (David DeLu) of McLean, Virgia and Timothy R. Gay (Danielle Petcci) of Beverly; his grandchildren, Cathere, Abigail Lightbody, Elor, Audrey, Henry Smh, Kathleen and Charl DeLu; and his siblgs, Lawrence (Carol Gay) of Plymouth, Patricia Jabs of Plymouth, Margaret Karoblis of Plymouth, Christopher Gay of Plymouth, Elizabeth 'Betsy Gay of Plymouth and Cathere Gay of Oklahoma.

William Ronnie Gay.

It is wh ep sorrow that we announce the ath of William Ronnie Gay of Buchanan, Geia, who passed away on October 21, 2022, at the age of 73, leavg to mourn fay and iends.