Gay O. Pitchford, daughter of Terrell and Luanna (Linder) Cantrell, was born February 29, 1916 in Niangua, MO. She passed away Friday, August 16, 2013 in the Webco Manor, Marshfield at the age of 97.
Gay was a homemaker and member of Prospect Baptist Church. She loved her yard and flowers. She also enjoyed quilting. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Ray in 1997; three brothers; and four sisters.
Survivors include her daughter and her husband, Bonnie and John Mathis, Niangua; two grandsons and their wives, Randy and June Mathis, Niangua, and Kevin and Tiffany Mathis, Niangua; nine great- grandchildren, Dixie Crawshaw and her husband Willie, Ozark, Emily Mathis, Springfield, Chris Grier and his wife Lindy, Marshfield, James Grier and his wife Bridget, Marshfield, Kelsey Mathis, Owasso, OK, Kayla Santillan and her husband, Will, Owasso, OK, Bryanna Mathis, Grovespring, Sabrina Scott, Marshfield, and David Mathis, Niangua; seven great-great-grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 20, 2013 in the Fraker Funeral Home, Marshfield. Interment will follow in the Prospect Baptist Cemetery, Niangua. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday in the funeral home.