Percy Gay
Sept. 23, 1894-April 12,1971
NILES--Percy Gay, 76, of 310 N. Ninth St., died at 3::35 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital, after a brief illness.
A retired employe of Clark Equipment Co., Mr. Gay was born Sept. 23, 1894, in Mexico Mo., and had lived her since 1923. His wife, the former Ella Crocker, survives.
Mr. Gay was a member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church and chairman of the church board of trustees; the Eastern Star, Miriam chapter; the Niles branch of the NAACP and was a World War I veteran of the U.S. Army.
Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Helen Jones and Mrs. Mary Skinner, both of Niles, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, with the Rev. W.D. Daniel officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call after 7 Tuesday night at the Halbritter Funeral Home.
The family requests that memorials be given to the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church Building Fund.
Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 12, 1971, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library.