Ruth Burk Gay

Tell your own story about Ruth

Memories and condolences can be left on the obituary at the funeral home website.

How you can show support

Send flowers

Consider sending flowers.

Add photos

Share their life with photo memories.

Plant trees

Honor them by planting trees in their memory.

Follow this page

Get email updates whenever changes are made.

Share this page

Invite other friends and family to visit the page.

James A. McAlister Funerals & Cremation

Posted event

November 13, 2025

Nov

Service

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

James A. McAlister Chapel

1620 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407

James A. McAlister Funerals & Cremation

Posted a video

November 13, 2025

James A. McAlister Funerals & Cremation

Posted an obituary

November 13, 2025

Ruth Gay Obituary

Mary Ruth Burk Gay, passed into eternal life, at age 96 on November 5, 2025. She was the fourth daughter of Irene Santos Burk and Captain Lewis S. Burk, Charleston Harbor Pilot. She was born in Charleston, SC on July 10,1929. Except for the... Read Ruth Gay's Obituary