Tommy Howard Gay

Tommy Howard Gay September 26, 1939 – August 16, 2015 Tommy Howard Gay, 75, of Bailey passed away Sunday. His funeral service will be conducted 7 p.m. Wednesday evening at White Oak Hill Free Will Baptist Church, Bailey. A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday in Bailey Town Cemetery, Bailey. The Rev. Reuben Cason and Timothy Deans will officiate. The family will receive friends 4:30 – 6:45 p.m. Wednesday afternoon at White Oak Hill Free Will Baptist Church, 3967 W Hornes Church Road, Bailey and other times at the home. Tommy was employed with James Finch Chevrolet for twenty-seven years. He was a loving husband, brother and friend. Tommy will be missed and thought of often. Tommy is survived by his wife of fifty-six years, Pattie Sue Gay of the home and his brothers, Herbert Gay and wife, Judy of Zebulon, Ronald Gay and wife, Debbie of Bailey and Larry Gay of Elm City. He was preceded in death by his parents, Felton and Kathleen Honeycutt Gay and his brothers, Gerald Gay and Bill Gay. Flowers are welcome or memorials may be directed to the White Oak Hill Free Will Baptist Church, 3967 W. Hornes Church Road, Bailey, North Carolina 27807. Condolences may be directed to www.joyners.net.