Mr. Gary Wayne Mays, Sr.
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Gary Wayne Mays, Sr., age 34, passed away Thursday, February 28, 1980 at his residence in Hamilton, Alabama.
Visitation was Friday evening, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m., February 29, 1980 at Hamilton Funeral Home. Funeral service was 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 1, 1980 at Webb Baptist Church. Bro. James P. White, Bro. J. C. Rushing, and Bud Pugh spoke. Burial was in Webb Baptist Church Cemetery in Lamar County, Alabama.
Gary was born August 9, 1945 at Emma L. Bixby Hospital in Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan to John O. and Mary Nell Pope Mays. Gary married "Judy", Judith Faye Webb Mays, May 31, 1968, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Hamilton, Alabama. The ceremony was performed by Bro. James P. White.
He is survived by his wife of 11 years, 8 months, and 29 days, Judith Faye "Judy" Webb Mays; one son, Gary Wayne Mays, Jr.; his parents, John O. and Mary Nell Pope Mays; three brothers, John W. Mays, Kenneth M. Mays, and Joe Mays; one sister, Peggy Ann Mays; several aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and relatives. He also leaves behind his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Grady L. and Eather R. Webb, and family who loved Gary as if he was one of their own children.
Author: Judith Faye Webb Mays - jmays@49countynews.net
Hamilton Funeral Home directing, 150 Falcon Circle, P.O. Box 274, Hamilton, AL. 205-921-3197. Hackleburg Funeral Home, P.O. Box 169, Hackleburg, AL 35564. 205-935-3854.