A memorial service will be held for Elizabeth A. Mayes, age 96, a native of Bourbon County, Kentucky, at Drake-Whaley-McCarty Funeral Home, in Cynthiana, Kentucky, on Saturday, November 16 at 10:30 a.m. She died of natural causes, in Fairfax, Virginia, on October 26, 2013.
Although a Kentuckian, she was born July 30, 1917, in East Saint Louis, Illinois. Her parents, James Lester and Lucille Ammerman, were Kentucky farmers seeking work in the rapidly expanding machine and manufacturing industry. At age six, she returned with her family to the family farm in Shawhan, Kentucky. Mrs. Mayes graduated from Ruddles Mills High School in 1933, entered Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College in 1935 and graduated in 1938 with a degree in elementary education.
Upon graduation, she taught at Louisville's James Russell Lowell Elementary School until 1941, when she married Fred M. Mayes, of Mount Sterling, Kentucky (also Mackville, Kentucky). They lived in Washington, DC, for four years, where she worked briefly for the Office of Price Administration and suffered a lengthy illness.
In 1945, she and Mr. Mayes moved to the west Philadelphia area, where Sun Oil Company employed him as a research geophysicist. In 1955, he was transferred to Richardson, Texas, to Sun's new Production Research Laboratory, and Mrs. Mayes began her widespread contribution to the formative development of the rapidly expanding town. She was on its first Community Concert board, which brought professional musical concerts to Richardson. She also belonged to the Bluebonnet Club, the Richardson Women's Association and the American Association of University Women. She also served on Richardson's library board. She was a faithful member of First Presbyterian Church of Richardson and later Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, in Dallas.
In 1976, Mrs. Mayes returned to the Philadelphia area with her husband. Mr. Mayes died in 1998 and was buried in Battle Grove Cemetery, in Cynthiana. Mrs. Mayes continued to live in the Philadelphia area and volunteered teaching English as a second language and reading at inner city schools until 2003. In 2009, she moved to Fairfax, Virginia. Her three principal devotions in life were God, family and cooking.
Mrs. Mayes is survived by: two younger sisters (both over 90), Eloise W. Letton, of Danville, Kentucky, and Ruth M. Harney, of Paris, Kentucky; a son, Fred Mays, Jr., of Upper Marlboro, Maryland; a daughter, Melinda, of Reston, Virginia; and two grandchildren, Marina E. Mayes and D. Vitaly Mayes.
Contributions may be made either to the Nature Conservancy (nature.org), Samaritan's Purse (SamaritansPurse.org) or American Forests (americanforests.org).
Source: Drake-Whaley-McCarty Funeral Home website at drakewhaleymccartyfuneralhome.com
Although a Kentuckian, she was born July 30, 1917, in East Saint Louis, Illinois. Her parents, James Lester and Lucille Ammerman, were Kentucky farmers seeking work in the rapidly expanding machine and manufacturing industry. At age six, she returned with her family to the family farm in Shawhan, Kentucky. Mrs. Mayes graduated from Ruddles Mills High School in 1933, entered Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College in 1935 and graduated in 1938 with a degree in elementary education.
Upon graduation, she taught at Louisville's James Russell Lowell Elementary School until 1941, when she married Fred M. Mayes, of Mount Sterling, Kentucky (also Mackville, Kentucky). They lived in Washington, DC, for four years, where she worked briefly for the Office of Price Administration and suffered a lengthy illness.
In 1945, she and Mr. Mayes moved to the west Philadelphia area, where Sun Oil Company employed him as a research geophysicist. In 1955, he was transferred to Richardson, Texas, to Sun's new Production Research Laboratory, and Mrs. Mayes began her widespread contribution to the formative development of the rapidly expanding town. She was on its first Community Concert board, which brought professional musical concerts to Richardson. She also belonged to the Bluebonnet Club, the Richardson Women's Association and the American Association of University Women. She also served on Richardson's library board. She was a faithful member of First Presbyterian Church of Richardson and later Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, in Dallas.
In 1976, Mrs. Mayes returned to the Philadelphia area with her husband. Mr. Mayes died in 1998 and was buried in Battle Grove Cemetery, in Cynthiana. Mrs. Mayes continued to live in the Philadelphia area and volunteered teaching English as a second language and reading at inner city schools until 2003. In 2009, she moved to Fairfax, Virginia. Her three principal devotions in life were God, family and cooking.
Mrs. Mayes is survived by: two younger sisters (both over 90), Eloise W. Letton, of Danville, Kentucky, and Ruth M. Harney, of Paris, Kentucky; a son, Fred Mays, Jr., of Upper Marlboro, Maryland; a daughter, Melinda, of Reston, Virginia; and two grandchildren, Marina E. Mayes and D. Vitaly Mayes.
Contributions may be made either to the Nature Conservancy (nature.org), Samaritan's Purse (SamaritansPurse.org) or American Forests (americanforests.org).
Source: Drake-Whaley-McCarty Funeral Home website at drakewhaleymccartyfuneralhome.com
A memorial service will be held for Elizabeth A. Mayes, age 96, a native of Bourbon County, Kentucky, at Drake-Whaley-McCarty Funeral Home, in Cynthiana, Kentucky, on Saturday, November 16 at 10:30 a.m. She died of natural causes, in Fairfax, Virginia, on October 26, 2013.
Although a Kentuckian, she was born July 30, 1917, in East Saint Louis, Illinois. Her parents, James Lester and Lucille Ammerman, were Kentucky farmers seeking work in the rapidly expanding machine and manufacturing industry. At age six, she returned with her family to the family farm in Shawhan, Kentucky. Mrs. Mayes graduated from Ruddles Mills High School in 1933, entered Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College in 1935 and graduated in 1938 with a degree in elementary education.
Upon graduation, she taught at Louisville's James Russell Lowell Elementary School until 1941, when she married Fred M. Mayes, of Mount Sterling, Kentucky (also Mackville, Kentucky). They lived in Washington, DC, for four years, where she worked briefly for the Office of Price Administration and suffered a lengthy illness.
In 1945, she and Mr. Mayes moved to the west Philadelphia area, where Sun Oil Company employed him as a research geophysicist. In 1955, he was transferred to Richardson, Texas, to Sun's new Production Research Laboratory, and Mrs. Mayes began her widespread contribution to the formative development of the rapidly expanding town. She was on its first Community Concert board, which brought professional musical concerts to Richardson. She also belonged to the Bluebonnet Club, the Richardson Women's Association and the American Association of University Women. She also served on Richardson's library board. She was a faithful member of First Presbyterian Church of Richardson and later Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, in Dallas.
In 1976, Mrs. Mayes returned to the Philadelphia area with her husband. Mr. Mayes died in 1998 and was buried in Battle Grove Cemetery, in Cynthiana. Mrs. Mayes continued to live in the Philadelphia area and volunteered teaching English as a second language and reading at inner city schools until 2003. In 2009, she moved to Fairfax, Virginia. Her three principal devotions in life were God, family and cooking.
Mrs. Mayes is survived by: two younger sisters (both over 90), Eloise W. Letton, of Danville, Kentucky, and Ruth M. Harney, of Paris, Kentucky; a son, Fred Mays, Jr., of Upper Marlboro, Maryland; a daughter, Melinda, of Reston, Virginia; and two grandchildren, Marina E. Mayes and D. Vitaly Mayes.
Contributions may be made either to the Nature Conservancy (nature.org), Samaritan's Purse (SamaritansPurse.org) or American Forests (americanforests.org).
Source: Drake-Whaley-McCarty Funeral Home website at drakewhaleymccartyfuneralhome.com
Although a Kentuckian, she was born July 30, 1917, in East Saint Louis, Illinois. Her parents, James Lester and Lucille Ammerman, were Kentucky farmers seeking work in the rapidly expanding machine and manufacturing industry. At age six, she returned with her family to the family farm in Shawhan, Kentucky. Mrs. Mayes graduated from Ruddles Mills High School in 1933, entered Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College in 1935 and graduated in 1938 with a degree in elementary education.
Upon graduation, she taught at Louisville's James Russell Lowell Elementary School until 1941, when she married Fred M. Mayes, of Mount Sterling, Kentucky (also Mackville, Kentucky). They lived in Washington, DC, for four years, where she worked briefly for the Office of Price Administration and suffered a lengthy illness.
In 1945, she and Mr. Mayes moved to the west Philadelphia area, where Sun Oil Company employed him as a research geophysicist. In 1955, he was transferred to Richardson, Texas, to Sun's new Production Research Laboratory, and Mrs. Mayes began her widespread contribution to the formative development of the rapidly expanding town. She was on its first Community Concert board, which brought professional musical concerts to Richardson. She also belonged to the Bluebonnet Club, the Richardson Women's Association and the American Association of University Women. She also served on Richardson's library board. She was a faithful member of First Presbyterian Church of Richardson and later Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, in Dallas.
In 1976, Mrs. Mayes returned to the Philadelphia area with her husband. Mr. Mayes died in 1998 and was buried in Battle Grove Cemetery, in Cynthiana. Mrs. Mayes continued to live in the Philadelphia area and volunteered teaching English as a second language and reading at inner city schools until 2003. In 2009, she moved to Fairfax, Virginia. Her three principal devotions in life were God, family and cooking.
Mrs. Mayes is survived by: two younger sisters (both over 90), Eloise W. Letton, of Danville, Kentucky, and Ruth M. Harney, of Paris, Kentucky; a son, Fred Mays, Jr., of Upper Marlboro, Maryland; a daughter, Melinda, of Reston, Virginia; and two grandchildren, Marina E. Mayes and D. Vitaly Mayes.
Contributions may be made either to the Nature Conservancy (nature.org), Samaritan's Purse (SamaritansPurse.org) or American Forests (americanforests.org).
Source: Drake-Whaley-McCarty Funeral Home website at drakewhaleymccartyfuneralhome.com
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