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James Pleasant Lay

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James Pleasant Lay

Birth
Russell County, Virginia, USA
Death
16 Jan 1932 (aged 63)
Coeburn, Wise County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Nickelsville, Scott County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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James Pleasant Lay, a Coeburn merchant and prominent Wise Co. citizen, died at home , 7:45 A.M. Saturday morning . The funeral will be held January 21 at 11:00 A.M. , with Rev. H.C. Williams and Rev. O.H. Logan conducting. A second service will be held in Nickelsville at 2:30 P.M., conducted by J.B. Craft. Burial is in the family plot.
Born in Russell County , Virginia August 3, 1868, he married Lillian Josephine ( Lilly Joe) Wood in Nickelsville on December 23, 1893. He is survived by his widow, four sons: Eugene Ernest Lay of Pittsburgh, PA, James Pleasant Lay Jr. at the University of Pittsburgh, Woodrow Wood Lay of Coeburn, and Victor Bond Lay of William and Mary College, Williamsburg, VA. Three daughters: Mrs. Ethel Kate Lay Crawford of Norton, Mrs. Besse Gladys Lay Shogren, and Miss Claire Virginia Lay a teacher in Bluefield , West Virginia . Two daughters passed before him: Clarice Pink Lay and Margaret ( Maggie) Lay. He has two sisters and several half-siblings.

With assistance of Cheryl Stucky # 49706773
James Pleasant Lay, a Coeburn merchant and prominent Wise Co. citizen, died at home , 7:45 A.M. Saturday morning . The funeral will be held January 21 at 11:00 A.M. , with Rev. H.C. Williams and Rev. O.H. Logan conducting. A second service will be held in Nickelsville at 2:30 P.M., conducted by J.B. Craft. Burial is in the family plot.
Born in Russell County , Virginia August 3, 1868, he married Lillian Josephine ( Lilly Joe) Wood in Nickelsville on December 23, 1893. He is survived by his widow, four sons: Eugene Ernest Lay of Pittsburgh, PA, James Pleasant Lay Jr. at the University of Pittsburgh, Woodrow Wood Lay of Coeburn, and Victor Bond Lay of William and Mary College, Williamsburg, VA. Three daughters: Mrs. Ethel Kate Lay Crawford of Norton, Mrs. Besse Gladys Lay Shogren, and Miss Claire Virginia Lay a teacher in Bluefield , West Virginia . Two daughters passed before him: Clarice Pink Lay and Margaret ( Maggie) Lay. He has two sisters and several half-siblings.

With assistance of Cheryl Stucky # 49706773


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  • Created by: LanieWood
  • Added: Feb 14, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65640585/james_pleasant-lay: accessed ), memorial page for James Pleasant Lay (3 Aug 1868–16 Jan 1932), Find a Grave Memorial ID 65640585, citing Nickelsville Baptist Church Cemetery, Nickelsville, Scott County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by LanieWood (contributor 46914645).