O. P. Jay 

February 2, 1938

Jay Funeral Rites To Be Thursday 

Funeral services will be conducted for O. P. Jay at 2:00 o'clock Thursday afternoon at his house on North Main Street Pleasant Hill.  Mr. Jay passed away at 12:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon following an illness of several weeks as the result of several strokes of paralysis.  He lived a long and useful life of seventy-nine years all of which were spent in Miami County.  He was a highly respected citizen of Pleasant Hill, devoted to his wife and family and also beloved by a large circle of friends.  He and his devoted companion had traveled the pathway of life together for more than sixty years. 

Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Vinnie Black of near Pleasant Hill and Mrs. Fanny Perry of near Covington, two sons, E. D. Jay of near Covington and Furnas Jay east of Pleasant Hill, fourteen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. 

Rev. W. G. Kershner will officiate at the funeral services and interment will be made in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in charge of E. E. Geeting.