Son to Joe H. Seay and Fay Gunn Seay, survived by his wife Janis Seay, son Michael Seay, and daughters Emily and Kathleen Seay, grandson Collin, and wife Kalana Grebel, granddaughter Hannah Grebel, sister Angela and husband Roy Darrah, brother Michael G. and Jan Seay, and a number of nieces and nephews.

Jerry graduated from high school in DeKalb, Texas, and attended Baylor University for one year before being accepted to West Point Academy in New York. He graduated with the class of 1962 and chose to pursue a commission in the US Army 34 Armor Division.

After two years of service, he was given an honorable discharge for medical disability on June 4, 1964. Jerry and Janis moved to Houston, Texas, in 1964, and he spent his career in the computer industry. He called on a broad spectrum of customers, including contacts in Oil and Gas, Aerospace, Medical, Commercial Airlines, Major Jewelry chains, Desktop Computers, Banks, and Grocery Retailers throughout his career. Jerry worked with computers from when they were the size of an entire room to the smallest handheld devices that came later.

In 1974, Jerry moved the family out of Houston to Spring, Texas, a suburb. He was an active member of Klein United Methodist Church for many years. Jerry had great curiosity and explored many avenues in life. He was a licensed pilot for single and twin-engine small aircraft. He was a passionate boater who started with a small marine craft and eventually acquired a twin-engine Hatteras. He was a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, performing searchand-rescue missions. He learned and then became an instructor for Celestial Navigation. At retirement, he obtained his Ham Radio license and joined a radio group. Additionally, he loved restoring antique radios and making reel-to-reel tapes to preserve the true sound of music.

In 2014, he survived a quadruple bypass; however, later, he sustained a back injury and a light stroke that left a clot in his brain, wiping out his short-term memory. During this challenging period, he never lost his resolve to live life as best as he could. He never complained and did what was needed of him. He lived well for the better part of eleven years before heart disease caught up with him. After a short series of hospitalizations, the family brought him home, and he was placed into in-home hospice care, where he passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family. In keeping with his desire to be cremated and not have a service, his daughter, the hiker, will be carrying his ashes on her adventures, leaving small bits of him in places as she goes. Jerry loved the sea and Puget Sound; some of his ashes will be scattered there, and in other bodies of water, mountains, and places he loved. His presence was large, and he will be missed by all those who loved and knew him.