Notes from Richard Smith:
Gay was the loner who didn't stay around the home area. His mother used to tell stories about how he and his brother John would board coal trains and throw the coal to the ground. This was during the Great Depression when money was scarce. He was married twice and lived in New Orleans, LA, where his children now live. Gay died of lung cancer. Like his father, he worked on the Ohio River.1836

Obituary from Richard Smith:
“Gay H. Smith., 57, of 600 Bow Street, Wheeling, died Saturday in Oakland Veterans Administration Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was a Protestant. Surviving are four daughters, Ruth, Jeanne, Margaret Ann, and Donna Smith, all of New Orleans; two sisters, Margaret Ann Smith of Wheeling, and Delores Bosold of Newcomerstown, Ohio. Friends will be received at the Altmeyer Funeral Home, 1400 Eoff St., Wheeling, 2-4 and 7-9 P.M. Monday, where services will be held at 2:30 P.M. Tuesday. Interment in Park View Memorial Gardens, Wheeling.”1836