St. Clair County Obits

WILLIE MAYS

Osceola Library files
Willie E. Mays, son of Frank and Martha Mays, was born January 19, 1897, near El Dorado Springs, and passed away on July 11, 1960 at the Nevada city hospital. He was 63 years of age.
On April 4, 1916, he was united in marriage to Nettie Band, and to this union were born two sons and one daughter.
He was a member of the Church of God (Holiness) of El Dorado Springs.
He leaves his devoted wife, Nettie, of the home; one son, Elmer Mays and one daughter, Mrs. Loneta Parsley, both of El Dorado Springs; one sister Myrtle Hood, Pueblo, Colo.; one brother, Earnie Mays, El Dorado, Kans.; two granddaughters and three grandsons; several nieces and nephews; other relatives and many friends. He was preceded in death by an infant son, Cecil, and two brothers, Alton and Alva Mays.
Funeral services were conducted at the Church of God (Holiness) in El Dorado Springs on Thursday afternoon, July 14, Rev. John Page of Bronson, Kans., and Rev. Sam Williams officiating. Interment was in Love cemetery under direction of Gwinn-Carothers.