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What a day! What a day!

Yes. This was a grand day in the history of the Gay-Parker family of Robert “Pa Bob” Gay and Lillie “Ma Lillie” Parker Gay.

For United States Marine Corps Private First Class, George Lawrence Gay, the third son of Pa Bob and Ma Lillie Gay, was recognized posthumously for his valorous service as a United States Marine from Montford Pointe during War World II.

Family comments were shared by Private George Gay’s oldest son Dr. William Gay and by Private George Gay’s younger brother and the only surviving sibling, Bishop Robert J. Gay, Sr.

A number of Private George Gay’s grandchildren, nieces and nephews also attended the ceremony.

The bride, Angela Gay, is the daughter of Dr. Eunice Gay and the late Michael Joyner. Angela is the granddaughter of the late Lucille Gay Blow and the great-granddaughter of the late Robert “Pa Bob” Gay and the late Lillie ” Ma Lillie” Parker Gay.

The groom, James Ellis, Jr., is the son of James Ellis, Sr. and Denise Ellis.

Photographs by Kenton

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

The membership in the Gay-Parker family recently got larger. “KJ,” Kevin Lee Vines, Jr., was born to Kevin Lee Vines, Sr. and Kendra Whitehead. KJ is the grandson of Audrey Vines, the great-grandson of the late Arie Gay Vines Artis, and the great-great grandson of the late Robert “Pa Bob” Gay and the late Lillie “Ma Lillie” Parker Gay.

Saturday, August 10, 2024

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723 N. Main Street Farmville, NC

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Audrey Vines is described in a Farmville Business magazine article as someone who wears many hats.
And Audrey agrees with that description of herself.

A few examples prove the point.
She teaches and conducts a class in dance.
She has sung with the Glorifying Vines Sisters gospel group and is currently preparing to sing in a gospel program in August . She’s busy with Audrey’s Herbal Spa and her food bank.
Audrey says will be producing an updated version of her mother’s memoir “Walking in the Shadow of My Past” (2016).

And one more thing: Audrey makes guitars, some of which have already sold. She calls her small size guitars “Love Guitars.”

Audrey said that her brother Freeman Junior(Bro) taught her how to make guitars.
Freeman Vines has received national fame for his hanging tree guitars, in which some of the guitars were proven to be made from wood of a tree used in lynching a Black man.

Audrey is the youngest daughter of the late Freeman Vines, Sr. and the late Arie Gay Vines Artis. She is the granddaughter of the late Robert “Pa Bob” Gay and the late Lillie “Ma Lillie” Parker Gay.

Finally, the Gay-Parker Family Reunion Fishfry returned in 2024 at Uncle Dave’s house.
The two youngest children of “Pa Bob” Robert Gay(1896-1978) and “Ma Lillie” Parker Gay (1897-1984)
uncles Robert James (Uncle Rob) and David Clinton (Uncle Dave) Gay led the event with their presence.

Uncle Rob made brief comments first telling everyone to greet the person standing beside them. He also sadly reminded us of those who were among us at the last reunion, but who were now gone.

After grace, everyone enjoyed a delicious meal prepared and coordinated by Edith Gay Barnes. Edith was also the coordinator of this year’s family reunion fishfry.

Photographers: Robert “Bob” Gay and David “Little Dave” Gay, Jr.

Candi Gay and Dr. William Gay