Her death certificate records Gay Brannon Pettit, age 65 years 2 months 14 days, birth date blank, born in W.Va., died 20 Nov 1937 in Sutton, Holly district, Braxton Co., West Virginia, widowed, occupation school teacher, father M. J. Brannon, mother’s maiden name Elmira Bush, cause of death pneumonia, informant B. Pettit, Sutton, burial in Glenville Cem.