Jack Gay

Jack Dee Gay, age 85 of Hendersonville, went to be with the Lord on August 2, 2010. He was born on April 4, 1925 in Charleston, WV, moved to Memphis in 1962, and then to Hendersonville in 2007. He served our country in the 736th Tank Battalion during World War II at Normandy, Ardiennes The Battle of the Bulge, Rhineland and Central Europe. He graduated from Morris Harvey College in Charleston, WV and worked at Shoney's South, Inc. from 1962 until his retirement in 1990 as Vice-President of Personnel and Training. He was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Dorothy Gay; his father, D.H. Gay; his mother, Thressa Gay; and his brother, Charles Gay. He leaves behind sons, Dee Melissa Gay of Hendersonville and Garry Mary Gay of Garland, TX; and grandsons, Taylor Emily, Hunter and Nathan Gay. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 PM on Saturday, August 7, 2010 in the Hendersonville First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Justin Gung officiating. Graveside services will be conducted in the Hendersonville Memory Gardens at 3 PM on Saturday. Visitation will be from 6 until 8 PM on Friday, August, 6 at Hendersonville Funeral Home. The family would like to thank God's servants at Hendersonville Medical Center, especially the staff of the Critical Care Unit and Alive Hospice's Skyline Campus, who diligently cared for and loved him from July 9th to August 2nd. Jeff Lake, Ray Whitley, Steve Wherry, Roger Sindle, Jim Taylor and Dr. Bryan Bondurant will serve as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Pete Prater, Bob Daniels, Paul Kemp, Jim Thomas, Gill Terry, Ted Pearson, Dr. Bruce Chesser, Rev. Justin Gung, and his Sunday school class at First Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions should be made to First Presbyterian Church, 172 W. Main Street, Hendersonville, TN 37075 or to Alive Hospice, 1718 Patterson Street, Nashville, TN 37203. Hendersonville Memory Gardens and Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.