George Jay
GEORGE JAY
Stockton Record, March 1996
Copperopolis
Retired commercial hay harvester
George Jay, 83, of Copperopolis died Saturday in a Jackson convalescent home. A native of McKinney, Texas, Mr. Jay lived in Copperopolis 17 years. He was a commercial hay harvester for 40 years. He worked most of his life near Tracy and Manteca. Mr. Jay invented a bale-stacking machine that is still used today.
Survivors: wife, Inez Jay of Copperopolis; children, Herman Jay of Valencia, Richard Jay of Lodi, Vaughn Woden of San Andreas, Gary Jay of Russellville, Ark., and Betty Larimer of Carmichael; sisters, Chester Nichols and Flora Carson, both of Tracy, and Marguerite Lewis of McKinney, Texas; 14 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Services: memorial, 10 a.m. Wednesday, Angels Memorial Chapel, 1071 S. Main St., Angeles Camp. Internment: Copperopolis Cemetery, Memorials: Alzheimer’s Society of Northern California, 105 S. Washington St., Lodi, CA 95240.
Stockton Record, March 1996
Copperopolis
Retired commercial hay harvester
George Jay, 83, of Copperopolis died Saturday in a Jackson convalescent home. A native of McKinney, Texas, Mr. Jay lived in Copperopolis 17 years. He was a commercial hay harvester for 40 years. He worked most of his life near Tracy and Manteca. Mr. Jay invented a bale-stacking machine that is still used today.
Survivors: wife, Inez Jay of Copperopolis; children, Herman Jay of Valencia, Richard Jay of Lodi, Vaughn Woden of San Andreas, Gary Jay of Russellville, Ark., and Betty Larimer of Carmichael; sisters, Chester Nichols and Flora Carson, both of Tracy, and Marguerite Lewis of McKinney, Texas; 14 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Services: memorial, 10 a.m. Wednesday, Angels Memorial Chapel, 1071 S. Main St., Angeles Camp. Internment: Copperopolis Cemetery, Memorials: Alzheimer’s Society of Northern California, 105 S. Washington St., Lodi, CA 95240.
