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Note: * Obituary *
Donald Earl Gage, 74
New Port Richey, FL Donald Earl Gage, 74, formerly of Paducah, KY, died Saturday, December 13th, in New Port Richey, FL. Mr. Gage was born on April 23, 1934 in White County, Arkansas. He had retired in 1995 from Western Baptist Hospital as a Maintenance Engineer after 20 years of service. He was owner and gunsmith of Gage`s Gun Shop on Broadway for many years prior to that. Mr. Gage was also an Amateur Radio (HAM) Operator, and a member of the Fiero Owners Club of America. Mr. Gage is survived by his wife of 56 years, Phyllis Woodward Gage, sons Phillip (Sue) Gage of Palm Harbor, FL and Donald R. (Cecelia) Gage of Wahiawa, HI.; a daughter Eva Lynn (Darryl) Cunningham of New Port Richey, FL.; grandsons, Austin Gage of Cape Canaveral, FL, Paul Gage of Tampa, FL, Gage Cunningham of New Port Richey, FL, and Jarek Gage, and Adry Gage, both of Wahiawa, HI; sisters Monna (Charles) Sweatt of Lone Oak, KY, and Weda (James) Walden of Wildwood, MO, and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Merrell Gage in 1967, and parents Ray and Inez Gage. Services are scheduled for 12 p.m. Saturday, December 20th, at Milner and Orr Funeral Home on Memorial Drive in Paducah, with interment to follow in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive visitors from 10am 12 noon Saturday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, Va. 22312. You may light a candle at www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=gage or leave a message of sympathy at www.MilnerAndOrr.com
(The Paducah Sun, December 17, 2008)
* Letter *
Selective Service System - Notice of Classification Card (wallet size card)
Donald Earl Gage, Selective Service No. 15 62 34 119 has been classified in Class 3-A by Local Board. 9-23-58.
The law requires you, subject to heavy penalty for violation, to carry this notice, in addition to your Registration Certificate, on your person at all times - to exhibit it upon request to authorized officials - to surrender it to your commanding officer upon entering the armed forces.
The law also requires you to notify your local board in writing of every change (1) in your address, (2) in your physical condition, and (3) in your occupational, marital, family, dependency, and military status.
FOR ADVICE, SEE YOUR GOVERNMENT APPEAL AGENT
SSS Form No. 110
* Occupations *
Fireman on a locomotive (steam) - 1952-1953 - 1 year
Paymaster for M. W. Kellogg Construction firm - 1953-1963 9.5 years
Sales in sporting goods store - 1963-1968 - 5 years
Self employed in sporting goods and gun business (owner of Gage Gun Shop, Paducah, KY) 1968-1974 - 6 years
Maintenance engineer at Western Baptist Hospital, Paducah, KY - 1975-1995 - 19.5 years
Retired since 1995
* First Car *
My first car was a 1933 Chyrsler coupe with rumble seat and 17 inch wire wheels. I purchased this car in 1950 and it was just like new. gave $125.oo for it and that was a lot of money for a high school boy with a paper route.
* Story*
My Grandfather John Henry Gage Who Lived In Mac-Rae Arkansas, Had Got His Weakly Pay And When Going Home He Stopped At The Store And Got His Weakly Supply Of Grocery's. When He Arrived Home He Took The Groceries In To The House And Set Them On The Table. He Told My Grandmother Pearl Gage I Have One Silver Dollar Left After Buying My Weakly Grocery's, And This Is Not Right For Us To Have to Live Like This. So He Opened The Back Door And Pitched That Silver Dollar Down The Well. My Father (Willard Ray Gage) Was Visiting Back In His Home Town Mac Rae Arkansas Back In The 1960's And They Had Dug A New Well Because The Old Well Had Gone Dry. My Grandfather Since Then Had Deceased My Father Remembered This Silver Dollar Story And He Went Down Into The Old Dried Up Well And Found The Silver Dollar. He Gave Me (Donald E Gage) The Silver Dollar Along With This Story In The 1960's.
I Want To Present This Silver Dollar Along With This Story To My Daughter ( Eva Lynn Cunningham) On This Day November 25,2001.
I Swear This To Be True.
* Cars I've had *
1933 Chysler coupe with 17 inch wire wheels and rumble seat like new
1949 Chevrolet convertable
1946 Ford coupe
1950 Ford coupe
1951 Oldsmobile 88
1953 Ford Victoria NEW
1955 Chevrolet Bel air Hardtop NEW $2950.00
1957 Chevrolet Bel air hardtop NEW $3100.00
1958 Chevrolet Impala hardtop NEW $3800.00 - Red
1961 Dodge Lancer wagon NEW
1971 Mercury Comet NEW - Baby Blue
1965 Mustang 2 dr hardtop - Red
1971 Ford Mustang NEW - Silver
1972 Ford Torino Wagon NEW - Gold w/Wood trim
1976 Ford F-150 Truck NEW $4800.00 - Blue w/White stripes
1978 Chevrolet El-Camino - Silver
1966 VW Beetle 1300 - Red
1990 Ford Mustang 4 Cyl NEW - Silver
1991 Honda Accord NEW - Champagne Pink
1995 Honda Accord Wagon NEW - Dk Green
1984 Fiero SE coupe 4cyl - Silver
1986 Fiero SE V-6 - Red/Black
2000 Mazda MPV NEW- Red
Sure wish I had all these now. The best of the bunch and the fastest car was the 1958 Chev Impala 348 CI Powerglide. What a car, I got a speeding ticket in Corinth, Mississippi for doing 130 MPH.
* Motorcycles I've had *
Famos James made in England don't remember the year
Cushman scooter
Cushman three wheeler
Pal made in California, don't remember the year
Mustand made in California, year I think was 76 NEW
Harley 125 1950 NEW
Indian 1947 74 NEW price $750.00
Harley 1950 Hydraglide 74 NEW price $950,00
Service cycle
Whizzer scooter
* Story *
On December 7, 1951, at around 1:40 in the afternoon, with the downtown streets crowded with shoppers, a large explosion occurred. The two story building was on the site where the present Doe's Eats is located, on the corner of Broadway and S. 2nd. Two men were killed and three injured. Fortunately, the building was unoccupied at the time, with only a few workers who were remodeling it for the move over of a bar from the Sinnott Hotel across the street. It was so fortunate that the victims were limited as it was peak Christmas shopping time downtown. The identity of one of the victims was unclear at the time. He carried with him three Social Security cards (at a time when identity theft was not a big crime). He was crushed to death by the falling wall on the corner of Broadway and 2nd St. The story of this one victim is told in one of the River City Ghost Tours stops coming up in October put on by the Market House Theatre. It must have been a scary situation and there is a lot of mystery associated with it.
(information from Roy Hensel)
My Dad (Donald Earl Gage) was 17 years old when this happened. He was at work at his father's store, Ray Gage Gunshop, located at 130 Broadway (which is two doors down) when the explosion happened. He said he didn't stop running until he was standing in the river. He said he had never been so scared in all his life.
(from Lynn Gage Cunningham)
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