Records show his middle name spelled with and without the e. His father's middle name has the e, and I think the connections further up his father's line have it as well.
William Chaussey FAY, Sr. (ID:I1818), b. 11 Nov 1904, Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA , d. 2 Sep 1955, Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA (Age 50 years)
Mother
Merle WILSON (ID:I1821), b. 8 Feb 1917, Electra, Wichita County, Texas, USA , d. 22 Jan 2001, Texas City, Galveston County, Texas, USA (Age 83 years)
Married
1 Dec 1941
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA
Age at Marriage
William was 37 years and 1 month old; Merle was 24 years and 10 months old. (They were married 13 years and 9 months).
William was 20 years and 8 months old; Donna was 17 years and 3 months old. (They were married 3 years and 7 months).
Divorced
31 Dec 1971
Speculative date. They obviously divorced sometime before August 1977, but as of March 2024 I can't find any record. I do find another marriage for Donna in 1972, so her divorce from William had to have happened before that.