Mr. Robert Lee "Bobby" Jay, age 74, of Mentone, AL, died Saturday, September 27, 2014, at his residence.
 
Mr. Jay was born June 10, 1940, in Savannah, TN, son of the late Elton Edward Jay, Sr. and Virginia Keathley Hurst Jay Covey, and was adopted at an early age after the death of his parents by the late Forrest and Gertie Hurst Morrow, the sister and brother-in-law of his mother.  He was a member of the Southport Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, IN for 30 years where he served as Sunday School Teacher, Youth Sponsor, Deacon, and Elder.  He currently attended Howard's Chapel in Mentone, AL.  Mr. Jay was retired from Rolls Royce where he was employed as an Aeronautical Engineer.
 
Mr. Jay is survived by his wife, Mary Speed Jay; daughters and son-in-law, Mary Jennifer Jay and Ronald Pyke, and Julie Leigh Jay; a brother, Elton Jay; a sister and brother-in-law, Darryl and Eddie Perkins; grandchildren, Garvey Pyke, Fergus Pyke, Parker Jay-Pachirat, and Mia Jay-Pachirat.
 
Funeral services for Mr. Jay will be held at 2:30 P.M. (E.S.T.) Saturday, October 4, 2014, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Ron Reynolds officiating.  Interment will follow in the Tate Family Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Ron Pyke, Garvey Pyke, Fergus Pyke, Elton Jay, Rob Jay, and Mike Jay.  Honorary pallbearers will be Johnny Johnson, Ron Godbois, Graham Johnson, Andy Reid, Josh Godbois, Zac Godbois, Tony Coleman, and Eddie Perkins.
 
Mr. Jay will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 1:00 P.M. (E.S.T.) until the hour of service on Saturday.
 
In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests donations be made to the Howard's Chapel Benevolence Fund, 1561 County Road 121 Section, AL 35771.
 
Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Mr. Robert Lee "Bobby" Jay who died on Saturday