Rev. Gaither Lee Day

Ben I just found out about your father and my heart and prayers go out to you and your brother Jonathan. We had a lot of good times at your house in Lancaster and at mine too. Your father was always a saint in my eyes

Papa (my grandfather) has always been a powerful presence...maybe it was the blue eyes, politician hair, 6'4, booming voice...it was definitely those things...but mainly it was his fierce love and kindness to all. His caring was perpetual and boundless, this man never met a stranger and would always engage anyone who came into his orbit. It was just normal to me as a child to see him standing at the pulpit. I know I took that for granted and would give anything to feel that powerful voice and...

I have not heard news of Gaither Day in years. I was roaming the hospital lobby in my house coat late one night as a patient that could not sleep in 1976. I was 26 years old. Gaither was there to visit a friend and stopped to talk to me. He was inspirational to me as i was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer. My wife and I attended church with him following my hospital stay. We stayed in contact for a couple of years and then lost touch. I have never forgotten how he helped me that night at Medical...