Jesse Gay

Jesse Melton Gay, 61, of Kountze, died Saturday, February 10, 2018, at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Beaumont. He was born January 24, 1957, in Beaumont, to Doris McCauley and Bud Gay. Jesse served in the United States Navy and he later retired from Pilgrim Construction.

Survivors include his mother, Doris McCauley Gay Burnett, of Kountze; son, Jeffrey Wayne Lewis and his wife, Alicia, of Beaumont; sister, Sherry Gay Dunegan and her husband, Bob, of Cleveland; brother, La’Don Burnett, of Kountze; half-sister, Dorthey Ann Gay, of Beaumont; aunt, Ann McCauley Holland and her husband, Richard, of Kountze; cousins, Shannon Holland Speights and her husband, David, and sons, Chance and Allan, of Leesville, Louisiana; the brothers, Dale McNeely, Mark McNeely, Bryan McNeely, and Butch McNeely, all of Kountze; nieces and nephew, Holly Gay Herrington and daughters; James Arthur Herrington III and children; Brett Tanner Herrington; and Cherich Hope Mortensen and sons; and most loving friends, Linda Baldwin, and son, Jon Baldwin, of Washington State, and Jake.

Jesse is preceded in death by his father, Bud Gay; his dad, Buck McNeely; and his brother, Charles Wayne Gay.

A gathering of Mr. Gay’s family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at Broussard’s, 530 West Monroe, Kountze. His funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 14, 2018, at Broussard’s, with his interment to follow at McKinney Cemetery, Kountze.