Obituary of Gay E. Attebury

Graveside services for Gay E. Attebury, 67, of Lubbock, TX, will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, April 13, 2024, at the Strip Pearce Chapel Cemetery, Abernathy, TX with Rev. Richard Harbison officiating. The family will gather to receive friends from 6:00 pm until 7:00 pm, Friday, April 12, 2024, at Abell Funeral Home. A reception will follow the service, Saturday April 13, 2024 from 2:00pm until 4:00 pm at the Attebury residence, 2310 30th Street, Lubbock, TX. Services are under the direction of Abell Funeral Home and Flower Shop of Abernathy. Mrs. Attebury died April 8, 2024 in Lubbock, TX. Gay was born May 12, 1956 in Corpus Christi, TX to Robert and Patricia (Shaughnessy) Stricklin. She was raised in Colorado City, TX, graduating from Colorado City High School in 1974. After graduation she moved to Lubbock, where she attended Texas Tech University. She married Kelly Attebury, September 15, 1978 in Lubbock. Gay graduated from Texas Tech with a Bachelors in General Studies and later a Master's in Hotel and Restaurant Management. She worked at Texas Tech in the School of Nursing, School of Medicine and the catering department for over 20 years. As the assistant director of catering at Texas Tech her love for cooking, serving and entertaining shined. Gay catered for small groups of 4 people to over 1400. She later earned her second Master's from West Texas A&M in Speech Pathology. After becoming a speech pathologist, she worked for over 15 years in schools, home health and nursing homes. Gay enjoyed being with her family. Gay is preceded in death by her parents and a brother-in-law, Bill Wood. She is survived by her husband, Kelly Attebury of Lubbock, daughter, Robyn Ellis and husband Jimmy of Rockville, Maryland, son, Taylor Attebury and wife Katherine of Lexington, Kentucky, 3 grandchildren, Harvey and Maev Ellis of Rockville, Maryland and Louise Attebury of Lexington, Kentucky, 4 siblings, Robert Stricklin and wife Lil of Valley View, TX, Terri Wood Denton, TX, Suzy Crump and husband Carl of LaFayette, LA and Sam Stricklin and wife Susan Richardson, TX, and many nieces and nephews.