Mr. Willis Wade Gay Jr.

April 11, 1949 - April 23, 2022

Willis Wade Gay Jr. “Spugo”. He is also known as by his Osage name Tsizhu Hanka. He made his journey home on Saturday, April 23, 2022. A lifetime resident of Bartlesville, Willis was born on April 11, 1949, at Memorial Hospital in Bartlesville, to Willis Sr. and Josephine “Joan” (Cox) Gay. He Married Janice Elaine Boone in his youth and later remarried Rhonda Kay Hilton. Willis was a talented artist and enjoyed many different forms of art including drawing, painting, leather work, wood carving and more. He also liked dabbling in Martial arts. Some of his favorite past times were Gourd Dancing, Collecting art, country two-step dancing and spending time with his grandchildren. He found a deeper relationship with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, through sitting around the Native American drum and singing as well as serving his loved ones in the most quiet, humble, and thoughtful ways. Willis was preceded in death by his parents Willis and Joan Gay, two brothers, George Edward Gay and Richard Allen “Dick” Gay and his youngest son, Thomas Good Eyes Gay. He is survived by his sister, Linda Jean and husband Bill Buford, Daughter Kathie Jo and husband David Jacobs, Son Willis Wade Gay III “Wolf”, Daughter Ashley Belcher, eleven Grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. We will never know another Cowboy like him. God be with you, until we meet again.