NameElsie Pearl Gray 1062
Birth5 Jun 1912
Death23 Sep 2000, Texarkana, Bowie Co TX1061 Age: 88
Spouses
Birth9 Oct 1912, Howard Co TX
Death22 Dec 1976, Texarkana, Bowie Co TX1061,13 Age: 64
Notes for Charles Gilbert (Spouse 1)
Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Recorded as “Infant of Charles G. Lay”
Date of Birth: 9 Oct 1912
Birth County: Howard
Mother's Name: Charles G Lay
Certificate Number: 36221
Roll Number: 1912_0005
1920 Census of La Vernia, Wilson Co TX (29 January 1920):
Name Age
Fanny M Lay 58 head widow MO TN TN
Salley Lay 27 dau single TX MO TX
Fred Lay 17 son single TX MO TX
Gilbert Lay 7 grandson single TX TX ??
The 1930 census of Bexar Co TX records what is probably Charles Gilbert Lay Jr., still living with his grandmother Nannie Lay:
Lay, Nina head age 69, widow MO TN MO
Lay, Gilbert adopted son age 17, single TX United States TX
1940 Census of Tarrant Co TX
Household Members Age Relationship
Charles G Lay 27 Head
Elsie Lay 27 Wife
Charles M Lay 5 Son
Mary Helen Lay 3 Daughter
Charles Gilbert Lay Jr. Texarkana died in 1976 and is buried, along with his wife Elsie Lay, in the East Memorial Gardens cemetery for Charles Gilbert Lay, Jr. b 10/9/1912, d 10/22/1976 and Elsie Lay, b 6/5/1912, d 9/23/2000. The birth date recorded for this burial is precisely the same as is recorded in the Texas Birth Index for the infant son of Charles G. Lay, Howard Co TX.
Texarkana is a city that has part in Texas, in Bowie Co, and part in Arkansas, in Miller Co. Charles and Elsie Lay lived there as early as 1954, when they were mentioned in a newspaper report about the wedding of their son as being “Mr and Mrs C G Lay of Texarkana” (see article on Charles Marvin Lay page).