Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameBillie Gunn Jackson
Birth17 May 1936, Lamar Co TX1
Death12 May 2014, Paris, Lamar Co TX Age: 77
FatherAlbert Melvin Jackson (1912-1988)
MotherMary Amanda Gunn (1914-2002)
Spouses
Birth3 Oct 1934, Tarrant Co TX1
Death13 Apr 2006, Ashdown, Little River Co AR3320,11 Age: 71
FatherCharles Gilbert Lay Jr. (1912-1976)
MotherElsie Pearl Gray (1912-2000)
Marriage19 May 1954
Divorce5 Dec 1975, Hunt Co TX21
ChildrenCharles Melvin (1956-)
 Billie Diane (1958-)
  James Michael (1961-)
Birth6 Jan 1949, San Diego CA Age: 74
Marriage12 Mar 1976, Hunt Co TX
Notes for Billie Gunn Jackson
Name from the Texas Birth Index, wife of Charles Marvin Lay, mother of Charles Melvin Lay and Billie Diane Lay.

MRS CHARLES MARVIN LAY the former Billie Gunn Jackson3322

Miss Jackson C M Lay Wed Wednesday Wedding vows were exchanged by Miss Billie Gunn Jackson of Paris and Charles Marvin Lay of Texarkana in an informal double ring ceremony Wednesday evening at at Calvary Methodist Church The Rev Walter B Sullens pastor performed the ceremony before an altar decorated with white gladioli and greenery. Only relatives and close friends attended. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Melvin Jackson, 90812th SE, and the groom’s parents are Mr and Mrs C G Lay of Texarkana. Miss Elaine Philley, pianist, played the traditional wedding marches. The bride, who entered with her brother Gary Jackson, wore a gown of white organdy designed with a titled bodice covered button trim and a sweetheart neckline short puffed sleeves and a full skirt. She wore a white halo hat and carried a while Bible topped with an orchid tied with streamers of white ribbon and stephanotis. Her only attendant was Miss Myralo Morris of Paris, who wore a dress of blue embossed organdy designed like that of the bride. She also wore a corsage of yellow iris. Don Jones, also of Paris, was best man. After a short wedding trip the couple will be at home after June 1 on the Paris Junior College campus where both are students. Mrs Lay is a graduate of Deport High School and has been attending the past year. She was chosen freshman favorite Club favorite and is a member of Phi Kappa national honor society. A graduate of School Mr Lay is a football and track star at which he has attended the past two years.

Commerce couple is married here3323

Ms. Billie J. Lay o£. Commerce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Jackson, 908-12th SE, was married to Horace Penn, also of Commerce, on March 12 at the home of the bride's parents.

The Rev. William Penn of Kaufman, father of the bridegroom performed the ceremony. The couple was attended by Ms. Lay's daughter, Diane Lay and Mack McElroy of Longview.

Following a wedding trip to Oklahoma, the couple is at home at Rt. 1, Ladonia. Close friends and relatives attended the ceremony.
Notes for Charles Marvin (Spouse 1)
Last residence per. Social Security Death Index was 71822 Ashdown, Little River, Arkansas.

Dr. Charles Marvin Lay, who taught physical education and was an assistant football coach at Ozarks in the early 1960s, passed away on April 13, 2006.3321
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