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Walter Ray “Papa” Gayle

Birth
Montgomery County, Texas, USA
Death
21 Mar 2007 (aged 69)
USA
Burial
Laceola, Madison County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Obituaries
From The Frankston Citizen April 2007
April 12 Edition

Walter 'Papa' Ray Gayle
Walter "Papa" Ray Gayle, brother of a Frankston woman, passed away on March 21.

Services were held on Saturday, March 24, at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Cleveland. Interment took place in High Prairie Cemetery in Madisonville. Brother Terry Gibson officiated.

Born on February 23, 1938, he was preceded in death by his mother Ola Mae Crow; father Carl Vivian Gayle; grandparents Aruther M. and Clara Crow, Emmett C. Gayle and Minnie Yelverton.

He is survived by daughter Tammy L. (Gayle) Berger and husband Johnnie; son Steven R. Gayle; brothers Melvin D. Gayle and Alton L. Gayle; sister M. Clarice Caldwell of Frankston; grandchildren Angela M. (Berger) Burlson and husband Steven, Jonathan W. Berger, Amanda A. Gayle and Aaron Ray Warren Gayle; great-grandchildren Cameron W. B. Burlson and Heaven L. Burlson; nephew George E. Wier; nieces Rebecca Wawzyniak and husband Marcus, Elain Weir, Audrey Allen and husband Scott, Andrea Smith and husband Troy and special friends Luis and Ramona Grimaldo and Kenneth Westbrook, and many cousins and additional family members and friends.

Pallbearers were Colt Beaver, Luis Grimaldo, Jerry Hill, Kenneth Westbrook, Kevin Westbrook and Chris Linton.

Honorary pallbearers were Johnny Wheaton and Billy "Little Bill" Westbrook.
Obituaries
From The Frankston Citizen April 2007
April 12 Edition

Walter 'Papa' Ray Gayle
Walter "Papa" Ray Gayle, brother of a Frankston woman, passed away on March 21.

Services were held on Saturday, March 24, at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Cleveland. Interment took place in High Prairie Cemetery in Madisonville. Brother Terry Gibson officiated.

Born on February 23, 1938, he was preceded in death by his mother Ola Mae Crow; father Carl Vivian Gayle; grandparents Aruther M. and Clara Crow, Emmett C. Gayle and Minnie Yelverton.

He is survived by daughter Tammy L. (Gayle) Berger and husband Johnnie; son Steven R. Gayle; brothers Melvin D. Gayle and Alton L. Gayle; sister M. Clarice Caldwell of Frankston; grandchildren Angela M. (Berger) Burlson and husband Steven, Jonathan W. Berger, Amanda A. Gayle and Aaron Ray Warren Gayle; great-grandchildren Cameron W. B. Burlson and Heaven L. Burlson; nephew George E. Wier; nieces Rebecca Wawzyniak and husband Marcus, Elain Weir, Audrey Allen and husband Scott, Andrea Smith and husband Troy and special friends Luis and Ramona Grimaldo and Kenneth Westbrook, and many cousins and additional family members and friends.

Pallbearers were Colt Beaver, Luis Grimaldo, Jerry Hill, Kenneth Westbrook, Kevin Westbrook and Chris Linton.

Honorary pallbearers were Johnny Wheaton and Billy "Little Bill" Westbrook.


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