Jimmy Gayle

A Funeral Ceremony for Jimmy Gayle Day of Lakeview, Arkansas, will be 2:00 pm, Thursday, June 14, 2012, at Kirby & Family Funeral Home Chapel, Mountain Home, with Gene McCoy, minister. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Wednesday, June 13, 2012, at Kirby & Family Funeral Home Chapel. Jimmy passed away June 10, 2012, in Lakeview, Arkansas at the age of 79. He was born January 14, 1933, in Camargo, Oklahoma, the son of Jim and Mildred Coursey Day. He married Elloise Haney on December 12, 2003, at Yellville, Arkansas and worked as The Superintendent of Streets for the City of Pomona, California. Jimmy was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Jimmy lived in Lakeview, Arkansas since 1983 moving from Pomona, California. He was a life member of the VFW Post 1381. Jimmy is survived by his wife, Elloise Day; 2 brothers, Verlin (Wilma) Day of Vici, OK, Ray (Bonnie) Day of Carmargo, OK; 4 sisters, Ileta Allen of Vici, OK, Arlene (Lyndon) Mercer of Kingfisher, OK, Linda Newton of Parsons, KS and Kay (Russell) Salisbury of Cheyene, OK. He was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife, Virginia Jones Day. Burial will be in the Kirby's Tucker Memorial Cemetery. Military Honors will be provided by the Hovel-Barnett VFW Post #1341 of Bull Shoals. Memorials may be made to Christian Church of Mountain Home. Arrangements are by Kirby and Family Funeral and Cremation Services.