Monthly Archives: July 2023

Pa Bob Gay relaxing at home after church

Born about 17 years before birth and death certificates were required by North Carolina’s vital statistics law in 1913, Robert “Pa Bob” Gay could only rely on his mother, Arie Gay’s memory, and other family members recollections for his day of birth.

On three different occasions Pa Bob used a different date of birth. For his US World War I Draft Card in 1917, Pa Bob wrote that he was born on April 5, 1896. Also, Pa Bob used April 5, 1896 as his date of birth to treeapply and receive a Social Security number in 1956..

Pa Bob used 1895 as his year of birth for his January 3, 1915 marriage to Ma Lillie.

Pa Bob chose July 25, 1896 as the authentic date of his birth. That was the date he celebrated and the date that the family knew about. It was also the date that Arie Gay, Pa Bob’s mother, gave to the enumerators who gathered census data in 1900.

On this day, we are sharing our recollections about Robert “Pa Bob” Gay.

Dr.Eunice Gay, daughter of the late Lucille Gay Blow, talks about Pa Bob as a religious man.

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Robert J.”Bud” Gay is the son of Robert J. Gay, Sr. and Mary Spain Gay. Bud vividly tells about the emotion-packed times Pa Bob would meet them after they arrived home in North Carolina from Connecticut.

In its early July weekly newsletter, Music Maker Foundation has announced the performers for the September 2023 Telluride Blues and Festival in Colorado.
Among this year’s performers will be the Dedicated Men of Zion (DMZ). Vocalists for the group are Anthony “Amp” Daniels, Antwan Daniels, Marcus Sugg, and Dexter Weaver

You can learn more about the Dedicated Men of Zion and their music in this Music Maker Foundation article.

Amp Daniels and his son Antwan Daniels are members of DMZ and the Gay-Parker family.
Amp is the son of Johnny Ray Daniels and the late Dorothy “Sis” Vines Daniels. Amp is the grandson of the late Arie Gay Vines Artis, daughter of the late Pa Bob Gay and the late Lillie Parker Gay.
Here’s the genealogical information from the Gay-Parker family tree for great-great grandson Antwan Daniels, who is a member of the seventh generation of the Gay Parker family.

This seventh generational glimpse begins with Robert “Pa Bob” Gay’s maternal grandfather Jacob Gay and Pa Bob’s maternal grandmother Jane Jefferson Gay; and Pa Bob’s paternal grandfather Richard Gay and Pa Bob’s paternal grandmother Arie Hemby Gay; then, Pa Bob’s father George Washington Gay and Pa Bob’s mother Arie Gay.

For Lillie “Ma Lillie” Parker Gay the seventh generational glimpse begins with her paternal grandfather Turner Joyner and paternal grandmother Nicey Joyner; Ma Lillie’s maternal grandfather Dempsey Parker and her maternal grandmother Viney Barrett Parker; Ma Lillie’s father Spence Joyner and her mother Jennie Parker.

Next, Pa Bob’s and Ma Lillie’s daughter Arie Gay Vines and son in-law Freeman Vines, Sr.; and Pa Bob’s and Ma Lillie’s granddaughter Dorothy “Sis” Vines Daniels and grandson-in-law Johnny Ray Daniels; and finally, their great grandson Anthony “Amp” Daniels and great granddaughter in-law Chiquita Daniels, who are great-great grandson Antwan Daniels,’ parents.
The legacy of Robert “Pa Bob” Gay and Lillie “Ma Lillie” Parker Gay lives on through Antwan Daniels, Sr.’s son, great-great-great grandson Antwan Daniels, Jr., who is a member of the 8th generation of the Gay-Parker family