 Mary Emilie Jay 1886 - 1979
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Waldo Funeral Chapel
for Mrs. Mary Emelie Jay, 92, of Howe, who died Friday at a
Sherman nursing home. Services will be conducted by Rev. David Breeding of the Howe Christian Church, with burial at the Van Alstyne Cemetery. Mrs. Jay was born at Van Alstyne, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Wilson and was married to Ody Edgar Jay Jr.[Sr.] on Dec. 14, 1914 in Grayson County. She taught school in the Hackberry Community for several years, taught Sunday school for more than 45 years and was a member of the Howe First Christian Church. Survivors are sons, Overton Jay of Howe and Ody Jay of Sherman; daughter, Mrs. Olna McFarland of Dallas; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Gordon Butler, Cashman Frampton, Clark Bowden, Bill Mayo, Bill Corbin and Owen Watson. The family will be at the Overton Jay residence, 308 S. Denny St., Howe.  Ody Edgar Jay Sr. 1892 - 1949  Nellie E. Jay 1924  Van Alstyne Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any links inoperable, please send me a message. |