Ruth Gay, 70

Ruth Gay, 70, of McMinnville died Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Born on June 18, 1936 in Dayton, Tenn., she was a homemaker, a Baptist, and was preceded in death by husband Ernest Gay, parents William and Beatrice Hurst Blevins, and sister Billie Jean Jackson.

Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law, Billy Randall and Staphana Gay and Glenn Edward and Yalta Gay, all of McMinnville; brother, Denny Sheets of McMinnville; sister, Linda Hogan of Detroit, Mich.; four grandchildren, five step-grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren also survive.

Funeral service is 2:30 p.m. today in the McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Gary Few will officiate. Interment will follow at Gardens of Memory. The Gay family will receive friends today from 10 a.m. until the time of service at the parlors of McMinnville Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.mcminnvillefuneralhome.com.

McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.