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BILLY JOE & BEVERLY BAY

On October 6, 1956, Beverly Jane Murray and Billy Joe Bay were married in Salem, (Dent County), Missouri. They have spent their entire married lives on a farm on Huzzah Creek in the eastern part of Dent County. Beverly is the oldest daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Murray, Sr., of Salem. Bill is the son of the late O. H. & Mrs. O. H. Bay, of Boss, Missouri.

They have three children: Pattie (Mrs. Jay Fallesen, of Viburnum); Wade, of Boss; and Leesa Jo, of the home at Boss. They have one son-in-law, Jay Fallesen; one daughter-in-law, Katherine A. Wigger Bay. They also have two grandsons, Olin Wade Bay and Jared Oscar Fallesen.

Bill and Beverley are engaged in farming with his mother and their son. They raise registered Angus cattle and Angora goats. Bill works at St. Joe Mineral at Viburnum, Missouri. As a side line he is an auctioneer, selling at large and small sales, antiques, farms, household and cattle.

They are members of New Harmony Untied Baptist Church at Boss.

Contributed by Sarah Thompson