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007    GAY, NATHANIEL FAMILY

Location - on the Gay farm across from 4282 Old Wilson Rd, south of Gays Crossroads.

Coordinates: 35d 52m 38.9s N; 77d 48m 18.4s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: travel south on Old Wilson Rd from its intersection with Cokey Rd in Rocky Mount, NC. Go about 3.7 miles (about 0.25 mile past Bulluck School Road) and the cemetery will be on the left (east) side of Old Wilson Road just on the other side of the roadside ditch.

Survey and photographs by Mark Wheeless in December 2016. Updated by Allen Dew in 2016.

1. Gay, Anzy Lanie Proctor   (b. 15 Jan 1859 - d. 17 Sep 1941)
Wife of Fenner McCollin Gay.
2. Gay, Bettie   (b. 12 May 1886 - d. 20 May 1887)
Daughter of James and S.C. Gay. Listed in WPA Survey in 1937, but not in 2016 survey.
3. Gay, Fenner McCollins   (b. 2 Sep 1854 - d. 31 May 1913)
Husband of Anzy Lanie Proctor Gay. Son of Nathaniel Gay and Sallie Odum Gay.
4. Gay, James   (b. 1850 - d. 1900)
Husband of S.C. Gay. Listed in WPA Survey in 1937, but not in 2016 survey.
5. Gay, Nathaniel   (b. 16 Feb 1820 - d. 1 Sep 1894)
Husband of Sallie Odum Gay. Son of Eaton Cobb Gay and Lydia Bunn Gay.
6. Gay, Sallie Odum   (b. 10 Feb 1823 - d. 29 Jan 1890)
Wife of Nathaniel Gay
7. Gay, William Bryan "Billy"   (b. 12 Aug 1939 - d. 27 Mar 2007)
Husband of Jo Ann Gay. Triple "M" Farms. Beloved husband of Jo Ann, dearest daddy to Mandy and Melanie, greatest granddaddy to Morgan.
8. Gay, William Nathaniel "Willie" (W.N.)   (b. 19 Mar 1898 - d. 7 Jun 1934)
Husband of Mary E. Bradley Gay. Son of Fenner McCollin Gay and Anzy Lanie Proctor Gay.
9. Price, Jessie   (b. Jan 1863 - d. 26 Jun 1908)
Listed in WPA Survey in 1937, but not in 2016 survey.
10. Taylor, Cornelia Gay   (b. 15 Oct 1857 - d. 11 May 1925)
2nd Wife of John Newton Taylor until his death (no issue). Daughter of Nathaniel Gay and Sallie Odum Gay.