Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameMarguerite Faye Burney
Birth12 May 1914, San Antonio, Bexar Co TX
Death24 Jan 2001, Odessa, Ector Co TX Age: 86
Spouses
Birth9 Oct 1912, Howard Co TX
Death22 Dec 1976, Texarkana, Bowie Co TX1061,13 Age: 64
FatherCharles Gilbert Lay (1889-1958)
MotherMinnie Pike (1893-1912)
ChildrenBillie Charles (1931-)
Marriage20 Nov 1937
Notes for Marguerite Faye Burney
Chareles Gilbert Lay Jr. may not actually have been married to Marguerite Faye Burney. At the time of the 1930 census, less than nine months before the birth of Billie Charles Lay, he was living with his mother. There is no record of a divorce, so the child may have been born out of wedlock.

Faye Meek1063

ODESSA— Faye Meek, 86, of Odessa passed away Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2001, at her home.

She was bom May 12, 1914, in San Antonio. She married Clyde C. Meek on Nov. 20, 1937. Mrs. Meek lived in San Antonio where she began working as a licensed vocational nurse at the State Tuberculosis Hospital where she worked until 1954, at which time she went into private nursing. She continued private nursing until her retirement in 1989. She moved to Odessa in October 1989 where she resided until her death. She was a member of Caprock Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Meek in 1983; a son, Billy Charles Lay; five brothers; two sisters; and, parents, James and Minnie Burney.

Survivors are her sons, Jimmy Clyde Meek of Belflower, Calif., and Bobby Ray Meek, retired from the U.S. Marine Corps, of Yuma, Ariz.; daughters, Judy Foreman and Ruth Harper, both of Odessa; 12 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; nieces, Joy Lee Rittaman of Blackwell, Okla., and June Drew of Fulton; and her loyal friend and companion, “Tatar."

The family will meet with friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.

Services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, 2001, at Caprock Baptist Church with the Rev. Jim Vaughn officiating. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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).
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