In spite of the pressures and strains everyone has faced during the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, we can still pause and celebrate the educational achievements in the Gay-Parker family.

In December 2019, Pamela Barnes Ellis, daughter of Marion Barnes and Edith Gay Barnes, graduated from East Carolina University.
Pam is the granddaughter of the late Herman Gay and the late Danny Ruth Dupree Gay.

Pamela Barnes Ellis

During the 2020 Mother’s Day weekend, we recognize one of this year’s graduates, Elder Mary Alice Gay Worsley, daughter of Deacon David Gay and the late Mary Whitehurst Gay.
Mary Alice is the granddaughter of the late Robert “Pa Bob” Gay and the late Lillie “Ma Lillie” Parker Gay. The following clip is from an ECU spotlight of graduates.

Elder Mary Worsley