WADESBORO – Mrs. Agnes Morton Gay, 97, went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, May 17, 2020 at Wadesboro Health and Rehab in Wadesboro.
Services will be private by the graveside in Anson Memorial Park on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 with Rev. Karl Randall officiating.
Agnes was born January 3, 1923 in Anson County, NC and was a daughter of the late Willie Stacy Morton and the late Rosa Mae Lewis Morton. She worked for many years in textiles, having worked at Little Cotton Mill and Wade Manufacturing. She was a longtime and faithful member of Wadesboro Pentecostal Holiness Church and attended Community Full Gospel Church in Norwood.
Surviving are her children, Calvin S. Gay, Jr. (Bonnie) of Wadesboro, Warren Gay (Wendy) of Manassas, VA and Sharon G. Love of Rockingham; her grandchildren, Christy Sellers, Tommy Sellers, Charles Meachum, Jr., Matthew Meachum, Tina Meachum, Billy Ray Allen, Mary Allen, Jessica Gay, Phillip Gay, Amy Gay McNeely (Robert) and Nicholas Gay; 11 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Calvin S. Gay, her daughters, Donna Sellers and Ruth Hinson and her brothers and sisters, Blair Morton, Mollie Oliver, Cassie Lett, Nannie Marsh, Annie Marsh, Aston Morton, Esther Colson, Dennis Morton, Lois Boysworth, Thomas Morton and Stacy Belle Vick.
The family would like to express their sincere appreciation to the staff of Wadesboro Health and Rehab for the care they gave Agnes while she was a resident there.
The arrangements are in care of Leavitt Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.leavittfh.com