Thomas Benjamin Gay Sr. (May 22, 1885 – October 13, 1983) was an American lawyer from

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. He joined the law firm Munford, Hunton, Williams & Anderson (now

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) in 1908, eventually becoming its first non-founding partner in 1916, and worked there until ill health forced his retirement in May 1983. He was the chair of the

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's House of Delegates from 1939 to 1941 and was

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of the

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from 1946 to 1947. A graduate of the

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, he served for a time on U.Va.'s board of visitors. Gay died in Richmond on October 13, 1983, and, after services at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, was buried in Hollywood Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gay, Thomas B. 1885 births 1983 deaths Burials at Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia) Lawyers from Richmond, Virginia People associated with Hunton Andrews Kurth University of Virginia School of Law alumni 20th-century American lawyers