Bob at Work

~ IN MEMORY OF ~

Bob Gay's Tombstone

~ photographed by Stephen Ratledge, my husband ~

Bob Gay is buried in Prospect Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN. He is the son of Samuel John Leonard Gay and Alice America (Lewis) Cardin of McMinn CO, TN. All are buried in Prospect Cemetery. The photo below illustrates why the family chose his tombstone to be chiseled with a sketch of a farmer behind a horse-drawn plow. It is so very typical of Cousin Bob, a hard-working farmer. Below he is hard at work in his tobacco field in the heat of summer.

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Cousin Bob Gay at work in his tobacco field. This photo was taken between 1941 - 46 and came from Cousin Ruth Gay's album. Both Ruth and Bob are deceased. Many thanks to Cousin Mildred Maupin for help with the family history!

"THOU SHALT NOT STEAL." DEUTERONOMY 5 : 19

This site is dedicated to the memory of my mother Beulah Cline Nipper, a beautiful product of the Knobs.

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Sandra Ratledge

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