Funeral services for Ina Gay Lair, 72, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mrs. Lair passed away at 8:47 p.m., Friday, May 17, 2024, at her home.
She was born March 20, 1952, at Mountain Home, Arkansas, to George Oral Kerley and Adah Mae Kerley. On November 6, 1971, she was married at West Plains, Missouri, to Jerry Lair. Gay had a love for camping and yardsaling. For 30 years she worked side by side with the love of her life running their store. Ina was a loving wife, grandma and sister. She will be missed by so many, but will never be forgotten.
She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Jerry Lair; two children, Heath Lair and wife Krista, Heather Williams and husband Donald; eight grandchildren, Brett Lair, Arieona Smith and fiancé Logan Jewell, Evan Smith, Connor Lair, Mason Webb, Jax Lair, Tyler Williams and wife Jaden, Nate Williams and wife Morgan; two great grandchildren, Kabella and Kreed Williams; three sisters, Georgia Frost, Barbara Bozich and husband Mike, Donna Shelley and husband Larry; two sisters-in-law, Janice Mead, Venita Hollingshad and husband Jim; and many nieces and nephews.
Her parents; two brothers, O.G. Kerley and Richard Kerley; three sisters, Ozerah Friend, Nonda Wassmann, Sharon Goode, and one infant sister; and sister-in-law, Alberta Cunningham, preceded her in death.
Visitation services will be held from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Burial will be in Lair-Williams Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 West Main, West Plains, MO 65775.
