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| Maurine Gay |
| Date Of Birth: | July 28, 1908 |
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| Date Of Death: | January 9, 2011 |
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Maurine Gipson Gay, age 103, of Scottsboro, AL,
died on January 9,2012.
She was preceded in death by her husband John Will
Gay Jr., son-in-law John A.
Ponsford, grandson John A. Ponsford Jr., two brothers Curtis
Gipson and Amos
Gipson, and one sister Wilma Gipson Isbell. She is survived by her
daughter
Carolyn Ponsford, of EI Paso, TX, her son John W. Gay III and wife
Martha of
Scottsboro; granddaughters Sharon Gay and husband Neil Schemm of
Atlanta
and Leigh Lovelady and husband Stuart of EI Paso; grandsons
Richard Ponsford
and wife Andrea of EI Paso and Alan Gay and wife Kelly of Atlanta;
great-
grandchildren Emily Ponsford of Birmingham and Julie Ellis and
husband Jared
of Birmingham, Virginia Sessions of Washington, D.C., Will
Sessions of Dallas,
TX, Cameron Ponsford of Austin, TX, Patricia Chennici and husband
Mike of Los
Angeles, Mitchell Ponsford of Phoenix, Al, Jenna Ponsford of EI
Paso, Chandler
Gay of Atlanta and Hannah Gay of Atlanta; one
great-great-granddaughter Olivia
Ellis, one niece and four nephews.
Maurine was born July 28, 1908, in Fyffe, AL, the
daughter of UV. and Leona
Gipson. Shortly after, the family moved to Albertville. Maurine
graduated from
Albertville High, attended Woman's College (now University of
Montevallo) in
Montevallo, AL for one year, then transferred to Howard College
(now Samford
University) in Birmingham, graduating in 1929 with a degree in art
and music. In
1930 she married John Will Gay Jr., a native of Scottsboro, where
she resided
until her death.
Maurine played an active role in the development
of Alabama Bedspread Co.,
a manufacturing business John Will and his father and uncle
started. For many
years she did all the designing of patterns, and she accompanied
John Will on
many business trips. In the 1960's she retired, turning her
artistic talents to the
designing of beautiful eggs in the Faberge style.
Maurine was an early and long-time member of the
Fortnightly Book Club,
which originated the Scottsboro Public Library, and was an active
member of
Daughters of the American Revolution until shortly before her
death. She was a
member of the First Baptist Church for 81 years. She was an avid
reader and
bridge player.
The funeral service will be at the First Baptist
Church in Scottsboro on
Saturday, Jan. 14, at 11 :00 am, with Dr. Roy Hall officiating,
assisted by Rev.
Kevin Wilburn. Visitation will begin at 10:00; burial will be in
Cedar Hill Cemetery
in Scottsboro. Scottsboro Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangments.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers,
contributions can be made to the
First Baptist Church or the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Building Fund.
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