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Submitted: 5/1/20 • Approved: 5/1/20 • Last Updated: 5/4/20 • R261344-G261343-S3
January 15, 1898 - March 29, 1950
Wife of Sam "Sambo" Gay
Enterprise and American Bogalusa, LA March 31, 1950
FUNERAL TODAY FOR MRS. LELA K. GAY
Funeral services were set for 3p.m. today (Thursday) for Mrs. Lela Knight Gay, 52-year-old resident of Route 2, Franklinton, who died at the Washington-St. Tammany hospital at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. The funeral was scheduled to be at the Nobles Cemetery in the Pine vicinity with the Rev. Johnny Sones officiating and Poole Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Gay is survived by her husband, Sam Gay; her father, Kenzie Knight; seven sons, Loyd, Charlie, Alton, D. L., James Ray, Floyd and Horace Gay, all of Franklinton; five daughters, Mrs. Inez Lancy, Mrs. Irene Jenkins, and Mrs.
Ida Mae Miller, all of Franklinton; two sisters, Mrs. Modez Knight of Bogalusa and Mrs. Lute Crain of Pine; one half-brother, J. D. Knight of Covington.
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