Iris Lee Gay Jordan is the daughter of Confederate Civil War soldier, Lewis F. Gay! Gay was 82 years old when Iris was born. She was nine when her father died in 1931.
National Geographic did an article that included Iris Lee Gay Jordan’s story: Children of Civil War Veterans Still Walk Among Us, 150 Years After the War
Iris will be interviewed on the panel, “Real Sons and Daughters of the Civil War.” This panel will consist of children of Civil War veterans. Lewis F. Gay was a confederate veteran who served with the 4th Florida Volunteer Infantry. Iris will be interviewed by Bertram Hayes-Davis (great, great grandson of Jefferson Davis). The panel will be held on Friday, April 29 at 10:15 AM at the Marshfield Assembly of God.
