TRINITY TYLIA GAY WAS BORN IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY ON DECEMBER 12, 2000 TO THE PARENTS OF TYSON LA'SHANE GAY AND SHOSHANA NICOLE BOYD.
SHE ATTENDED CLAYS MILL AND SANDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY AND SCOTT COUNTY MIDDLE-SCHOOL IN GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY. AFTER MOVING BACK TO LEXINGTON, TRINITY ATTENDED LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL.
TRINITY ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS HER SAVIOR AT THE AGE OF SIX. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF REFUGEE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST OF SHELBYVILLE, KENTUCKY AND WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CHURCH CHOIR. HER LOVE FOR GOD AND LIFE WAS ABUNDANT THROUGH HER CONTAGIOUS SMILE AND EXUBERANT ATTITUDE. SHE WAS A BELOVED DAUGHTER, SISTER, NIECE, COUSIN AND FRIEND TO ALL THOSE WHO WERE BLESSED TO KNOW HER.
TRINITY WAS CARING AND COMPASSIONATE, YET FIERCE AND DETERMINED AS A COMPETITOR. TRINITY'S LOVE FOR COMPETITION BEGAN AT AGE FIVE WHEN SHE BEGAN COMPETITIVE CHEERLEADING. AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN, HER CHEER TEAM COMPETED IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AND WERE FEATURED IN THE MOVIE "CHAMPIONS LEAGUE". TRINITY ALSO EXCELLED AT TRACK AND FIELD AND WAS A RISING STAR WHO BEGAN COMPETING AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL IN THE 6TH GRADE. HER ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE 100M AND 200M TITLES, AS WELL AS VARIOUS RECORDS HELD AT LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL. WITH ASPIRATIONS OF BECOMING A PLASTIC SURGEON, SHE MAINTAINED STRAIGHT A'S THROUGHOUT HER ACADEMIC CAREER. TRINITY'S BIGGEST GOAL WAS TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HER FATHER BY BECOMING AN OLYMPIC COMPETITOR AND WINNING A GOLD MEDAL FOR HER FATHER. HER QUOTE TO HER FATHER, "I GOT YOU DADDY" WITH A BIG SMILE.
TRINITY LEAVES BEHIND TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES: HER FATHER TYSON LA'SHANE GAY; HER MOTHER SHOSHANA NICOLE BOYD; HER BROTHER TYSON GAY, JR.; HER MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS CHARLES WILLIAM BOYD JR. OF RUSSELLVILLE, KENTUCKY AND DEBRA BOYD CONLEY OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY A STEP GRANDFATHER KEITH CONLEY OF CINCINNATI, OHIO; HER PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS GREGORY MITCHELL OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, TIM LOWE AND DAISY GAY-LOWE OF PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA; HER MATERNAL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS BISHOP JAMES H. BELL, SR. AND MARY ANN BELL OF RUSSELLVILLE, KENTUCKY; GREAT-GRANDPARENTS CHARLES BOYD SR. (LOVIE) BOYD OF RUSSELLVILLE KENTUCKY AND CELIDA ELAINE (BENJAMIN) PAPPAS; HER PATERNAL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS DELORES GAY OF WINTER GARDEN, FLORIDA, MATT GAY AND EDNA GAY OF VERSAILLES, KENTUCKY AND GERTRUDE SAUNDERS OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. A HOST OF AUNTS, UNCLES, NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND FRIENDS.
THE THUMBPRINT OF TRINITY'S BEAUTIFUL SOUL AND SPIRIT WILL FOREVER LEAVE AN IMPRESSION UPON OUR HEARTS.
THEREFORE YOU NOW HAVE SORROW; BUT I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN AND YOUR HEART WILL REJOICE, AND YOUR JOY NO ONE WILL TAKE FROM YOU. ST. JOHN 16:22.