Monthly Archives: June 2023

Ron Gay displays his Bachelor’s Degree in Theology from Greater Mount Zion Bible College & Seminary in Grimesland, NC

by Bishop Ronald Gay

This was from a promise I made you, myself in 1975.

My dad drove me three hours one way to Winston Salem State University in the fall of 1975 to drop me off. I could see the pride that swelled within him, his very own boy at college.

I can only imagine the thoughts that ran through his mind: My boy won’t have to taste the bitter labor that I had to endure.

I stayed a short while and joined the army with the promise to get that degree, and here we are forty eight years later. I give God all the Glory HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!

So a lady said to me when she saw my Bachelor’s degree, “I’ve been watching you through the years. Now you have moved from this position to that. Now you are a Bishop. What more can you learn?”

I said to her. “The more I learn of God the less I know about Him. Therefore, I have to keep grinding out his word.”

Shemika Davis teaches at Shaw University

College English instructor Shemika Davis is in her comfort zone when she writes about the mistreatment, the prejudice, and the unfair points of view Americans, especially conservative white Republicans, hold against Black Americans.

Read Shemika’s latest opinion article to see if you agree with her views about Black respect.

Shemika Gay Davis is the wife of Anthony Davis and the mother three children: Jamarion, Keveian, and Kennedy. She is the daughter of Gwendolyn Gay, the granddaughter of the late Lucille Gay Blow, and the great granddaughter of Bob “Pa Bob” Gay and Lillie “Ma Lillie” Parker Gay.

A gathering of brothers, sisters, a father, an uncle, children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends joined togethet to proclaim the 60th birthday of Mary Alice Gay Worsley.

Pastor Elder Mary Worsley, wife of Deacon Charles Worsley, is the fifth child of Deacon David Gay, Sr. and the late Mary Whitehurst Gay. Mary Alice is also the granddaughter of the late Robert “Pa Bob” Gay and the late Lillie “Ma Lillie” Parker Gay.

Sophia Gay Jones. oldest sister of Mary Alice and one of the event planners, gathered and submitted the following pictures that tell the story of Mary Alice’s 60th birthday party.