Pa and Ma left traces of their family’s growth and changes as the decades passed. The census reports for 1920, 1930, and 1940 show some of the changes.

Bob Gay and Lillie Parker-1920

Robert Gay and Lillie Parker, 1930 census

Robert Gay and Lillie Parker, 1940-1

Robert Gay and Lillie Parker, 1940-2

One long standing relic that still withstands time’s onslaught is that old red house on Stantonsburg Road.

The Old Red House

Here’s a poem about that old red house.

Home, the red house———

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