In February 2021, Dr. William “Bill” Gay will be inducted into the National Black Radio Hall of Fame (NBRHOF).

In a career that started in 1971 in Baltimore and Gaithersburg, Maryland, Washington, DC, and later Atlanta, Georgia, William Bill Gay aka, “The Love Doctor” honed his audio engineering and his on-air radio performance or his DJ-ing craft.

Along the way, William helped to establish Howard University’s notable WHUR radio station. On the Baltimore radio scene, William became the first Black to work as radio engineer audio board operator at WCAO AM-FM, Pikesville, a top 50 music station. 

At the Gaithersburg  MD station WHMC AM, William performed as a radio announcer under the air name Bob Kinney. 

William posted this autobiographical comment about his career in radio after leaving the Baltimore- Washington, DC:

” I relocated to Atlanta in 1974 after being hired the Legendary James “Alley” Pat to work at WERD 860 AM. The station was bought by Radio -AD INC, and the radio license changed call letters to WXAP 860 AM. I was, at that time, the youngest black Chief Engineer in America. I was also the Program Director and Music Director.”
 Later, He worked as a jazz radio personality and as a technical engineer for Georgia Public Television.

William wrote in his autobio-note for his online radio station: “I was a Jazz DJ on WRFG 89.3 FM WXLL 1310 AM Gospel R&B DJ, WYZE 1480AM R&B DJ. I later worked at WCLK 91.9 FM as a “Oldies “Heart & Soul DJ for 12 years. This year Dr. William “Bill” Gay created an online radio show “

Dr. William “Bill” Gay is the husband of Candi Gay, and the father of three daughters. He is the son of Alice Hemby and George Gay and the grandson of Pa Bob Gay and Ma Lillie Parker Gay.

Farmville native appointed audiology chief

• Apr 23, 2020

Dr. Arjanae Gay, daughter of Donald and Lawan Gay of Farmville, has recently been promoted to chief of the audiology service at the Southern Oregon Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center.

Gay completed her undergraduate coursework in 2010 at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, earning a bachelors’ degree in psychology. She continued on to Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where she earned her doctorate of audiology in 2014.

Gay completed her one-year clinical externship at the Central Texas VA in Austin, Texas. She also worked at the Gulf Coast VA in Pensacola, Fla., where she thoroughly enjoyed the experience and was an integral member of the tele-medicine team.

She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology and holds certification with the American Board of Audiology. Gay is a recent graduate of the Veterans Health Care Aspiring Leaders Program.

She is enjoying the adventure and working with the patients and staff in the Southern Oregon area, a news release said.

Contact Donna Marie Williams at dwilliams@ncweeklies.com.

In her own words, Terra Gay, Conley, Georgia, says she is ” so honored to be included in another Top 10 List.”
This list appears in Resilient Magazine.
Read Terra’s responses to the the 10 questions in the pages from Resilient Magazine below.

Terra Gay is the daughter of William and Candi Gay, the granddaughter of the late George Gay and Alice Hemby, and the great-granddaughter of Pa Bob Gay and Ma Lillie Parker Gay.

The COVID 19 restrictions should create some extra time at home for all of us. We can use that extra time reading: in fact, we can try a book or two published by members of the Gay Parker Family.
Check out the ads for the books below. Choose a book to help you fill in that free time.
Enjoy. And learn. 

Freeman Vines, Jr., “Bro,” son of the late Freeman Vines Sr and Arie Gay Vines Artis, is the grandson of Pa Bob Gay and Ma Lillie Parker Gay.
After receiving regional and national acclaim for making guitars in the past five years, Freeman Jr. “Bro” has written a book, Hanging Tree Guitars.

It tells the story about Freeman Jr’s life and about his artistry in making guitars, some of them out of wood from a tree once used to lynch a Black farmer. Hanging Tree Guitars was released in September 2020. 

The late Arie Gay Vines Artis is the daughter of the late Pa Bob Gay and Ma Lillie Parker Gay.Kim A Gay Smith is the wife of Terrell Smith and the daughter of Eunice Gay. Kim is the granddaughter of the late Lucille Gay Blow
and great-granddaughter of Pa Bob Gay and Ma Lillie Parker Gay

Audrey Vines is the daughter of the late Arie Gay Vines Artis and granddaughter of the late Pa Bob Gay and Ma Lillie Parker Gay

Doris Phillips Wilson is the wife of Amos Wilson.
Doris is the daughter of the late Bishop Willie Phillips and Gennie Gay Phillips and the granddaughter of the late Pa Bob Gay and Ma Lillie Parker Gay.

Soon to be Released Books

Crystal Gay is the daughter of Eunice Gay and the granddaughter of Lucille Gay Blow.  Crystal is the great-granddaughter of the late Pa Bob Gay and Ma Lillie Parker Gay.

Daniel Wilson is the son of Amos Wilson and Doris Phillips Wilson,
and the grandson of Bishop Willie Phillips and Gennie Gay Phillips.
Daniel is also the great-grandson of Pa Bob Gay and Ma Lillie Parker Gay.

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