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A Few Photos from Past Reunions
Aunt Arie’s book is published and available
Book Photo from Amazon.com
Don’t wait! Get a copy of Aunt Arie’s book Walking in the Shadow of My Past.
Copies are available at Barnes and Noble in Greenville, at barnesandnoble.com, at iTunes.com, and at Amazon.com. You can also buy a copy from Audrey Vines.
For a short video Aunt Arie recorded in 2014, click here.
Pa Bob posthumously awarded a certificate for his military service in World War I
Occasionally, Uncle Dave will talk about his father, Pa Bob, and Pa’s feelings about having served in the army.
Uncle Dave recalls: “Serving in the United States Army was Pa’s crowning achievement. He only reached the rank of Private First Class, but for him it was like being a general.”
Terra Gay wins Hope Diamond Award: Banquet to be held in October
Terra Gay, daughter of William and Candi Gay of Conley, Georgia, will receive the Hope Diamond Award for her stellar work as Senior Director for Points of Light and as founder of the Ngambika Academy. The Hope Diamond Award recognizes a woman who is an agent of change in the field of education. To contribute to the scholarship fund visit http://www.ditr.org/leading-ladies-luncheon.html
A September Tribute to Bishop Willie Phillips
September 9, 1910– November 20, 2007
Bishop Willie Leander Phillips was a man of God. Because he was a man of God, he was a family man.
For Bishop Phillips, family meant raising 15 children with Gennie Gay, his wife of over 70 years. For him, family meant having six of his children become ministers. For him, family meant tending to the needs of his church family as their pastor.
For Bishop Phillips, family meant serving as the bishop for over 35 years guiding elders and eldresses, plus providing spiritual inspiration, direction and guidance for the churches affiliated with the General Tabernacle in Kinston, NC.
Bishop Phillips was the only preacher in the Gay-Parker family for more than 20 years before anyone else in the family became a preacher.
At Minister Crystal Gay’s initial sermon on September 6, 2015, Bishop Robert Gay paid homage to Bishop Phillips by recalling that Bishop Phillips was the first preacher and bishop in the family. Bishop Robert Gay also recalled the mentoring impact that Bishop Phillips had on him and other ministers in the family.
Bishop Willie Phillips, a man who served God, a family man, left a lasting legacy. It is a legacy woven through the pursuit of God’s will in his work guiding family, church congregations, and ministers in a proper pathway to life and to God.
Update for Gay-Parker Gala
To view a recently revised update by Edith G. Barnes & the Gay/Parker Family Formal Gala Committee, click Update for G-P Gala
The Gay/Parker Family Formal Gala Is Coming
Created by Edith G. Barnes & Gay/Parker Family Formal Gala Committee
Announcing the names of all members of the Gay-Parker family
In one part of the 2015 Gay-Parker reunion dinner, the names of the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren of each of Pa Bob and Ma Lillie’s eight children were announced.
Pa Bob and Ma Lillie’s Children Presenter of the List of Family Names
Herman-Dannie Ruth Dupree Gay children Nicole Rupert
Willie Leander Phillips and GennieGay Phillips Family— Morris Gay
Arie Gay Vines and FreemanVines Family Chiquita Daniels
GeorgeLawrenceGayFamily Dorothy Vines Daniels
Lucille Gay Blow Family Angela D. Gay
SimonPeterAndersonandErmaDellGayAnderson
Robert James Gay family Peggy Gay Wadsworth
David Gay and Mary Whitehurst Gay Mary Gay Worsley
The list of names above for each of the eight children will be later compiled into a series of conventional family trees.
CORRECTION: Dennis James Anderson, the youngest child of Simon Peter Anderson and Erma Dell Gay Anderson, was omitted from the list of children.
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