Mary L. Lay

Surrounded by her loving family, Mary Louise Small Lay, 84, of Mount Hope, WV went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, May 10, 2007 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. Born November 29, 1922 at Boone in Fayette County, WV she was the daughter of the late John Ernest and Zoie Wood Small. She retired from Beckley Hospital where she was a Clerical Worker and Nurse Aide. She was also a homemaker and a loving mother. Mrs. Lay was a Christian and a member of the Maple Fork Baptist and a member of the Winolia Chapter #59 OES where she was Worthy Matron from 1965 - 1966. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Kenneth Lay, Sr. on January 6, 1988. She was also preceded by three brothers, John Small, James Small and Alfred Small; one sister, Elizabeth Williams and one half-brother, Lowell Pyatt. Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Jesse K. Lay, Jr. and his wife, Kay of Mount Hope, WV; a grandson, Casey Lay and a granddaughter, Lesley Lay Phillips and husband, Joey all of Mount Hope, WV and two great granddaughters, Sydney and Tess Phillips. Visitation will be held at Tyree Funeral Home, Mount Hope on Monday, May 14, 2007 from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM. Services will be on May 14, 2007 beginning with Eastern Star rites at 2:30 P.M. at Tyree Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Barley officiating. Burial will be at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity, WV. Pallbearers will include Jack Wygal, Robert Acord, Joseph Lorenzino, Bobby Acord, Jerry Acord and Joey Phillips.