Gainesville Daily Register
Sept 11, 2008

Services for Joe Neil Kays, 83 of Tioga were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the chapel of Huff-Slay Funeral Home in Pilot Point with Rev. Luther Slay officiating. Services were under the direction of Huff-Slay Funeral Home, Pilot Point. Burial followed at Tioga Cemetery. 
Mr. Kays died Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 in Gainesville. 
He was born on May 1, 1925 in Tioga to Henry and Lillie Moses Kays. He was a member of the Ford Masonic Lodge in Pilot Point. He was the former Sexton for about 8 years for the Tioga Cemetery. He was a very generous person and loved helping people. He was the owner and operator of the Kays Oil Company in Pilot Point for 40 years.
He is survived by his daughter Linda Jo Kays of Wichita Falls, a sister-in-law Marilyn Kays of Diamond Bar, Calif. and numerous nieces and nephews and extended family members. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and four sisters.
Memorials may be made to Home Hospice of Cooke County