St. Clair County Obits

JAMES LEONARD MAYER SR.

Clinton Daily Democrat
16 February 2001
James Leonard (Cauthon) Mayer, Sr., 75, died at his home in Springfield on Wednesday, February 14, 2001. He was born June 24, 1925, in Gerster, the son of Bill and Katie Cauthon. He was raised by his adoptive parents, Walter A. and Mabel Clay Mayer in Lowry City. After two years in the Navy during World War II he met and married Ina May Witham in 1946. They lived in Osceola and Clinton before moving to Springfield in 1951 where he worked as a clerk for the Frisco Railroad for 32 years. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister. He is survived by his wife, Ina May; his sons, James L. Mayer, Jr. and his wife, Sue, Jack D. Mayer and his wife, Vicki, Ed Mayer and his wife, Lora and one daughter, Rena McCaskey and her husband, Roy; 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; his brother, Virgil Cauthon and his wife, Helen, and sister, Betty Thompson and her husband, Dick; one half-brother and two half sisters. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Sheldon-Goodrich Chapel, Osceola. Burial will be in the Lowry City Cemetery.