Joe Mayes married Miss Dovie Anna Cross in Young County in 1903.
Rev. Joe R. Mayes, 72, was a Baptist circuit rider, missionary and pastor in West Texas for 45 years. He was the missionary pastor of the University Baptist Church. For six years, he served at the Ash Street Mission and for four years at the Graham Street Mission. Rev. Mayes was ordained and licensed for the ministry in Young County. He preached there for 10 years. He had been the pastor at Uvalde, Baird, Megargel, Cross Road, and Pleasant Valley in Jones County. Rev. Mayes had officiated at more than 2,000 baptisms and was either an evangelist or singer at more than 100 revivals during his 45 years in the ministry. Rev. Mayes moved to Abilene with his wife and two small children in 1913. He worked his way through Simmons College graduating in 1921. He then took his family including two more children born while he was in college to Fort Worth to attend Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary graduating from there in 1924. Rev. Mayes ministered to two Fisher County churches for several years before becoming missionary to the Ash and Graham Streets missions in 1943.
Survivors include his wife; three daughters; one son; six grandchildren; two sisters.
Rev. Joe R. Mayes, 72, was a Baptist circuit rider, missionary and pastor in West Texas for 45 years. He was the missionary pastor of the University Baptist Church. For six years, he served at the Ash Street Mission and for four years at the Graham Street Mission. Rev. Mayes was ordained and licensed for the ministry in Young County. He preached there for 10 years. He had been the pastor at Uvalde, Baird, Megargel, Cross Road, and Pleasant Valley in Jones County. Rev. Mayes had officiated at more than 2,000 baptisms and was either an evangelist or singer at more than 100 revivals during his 45 years in the ministry. Rev. Mayes moved to Abilene with his wife and two small children in 1913. He worked his way through Simmons College graduating in 1921. He then took his family including two more children born while he was in college to Fort Worth to attend Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary graduating from there in 1924. Rev. Mayes ministered to two Fisher County churches for several years before becoming missionary to the Ash and Graham Streets missions in 1943.
Survivors include his wife; three daughters; one son; six grandchildren; two sisters.
Joe Mayes married Miss Dovie Anna Cross in Young County in 1903.
Rev. Joe R. Mayes, 72, was a Baptist circuit rider, missionary and pastor in West Texas for 45 years. He was the missionary pastor of the University Baptist Church. For six years, he served at the Ash Street Mission and for four years at the Graham Street Mission. Rev. Mayes was ordained and licensed for the ministry in Young County. He preached there for 10 years. He had been the pastor at Uvalde, Baird, Megargel, Cross Road, and Pleasant Valley in Jones County. Rev. Mayes had officiated at more than 2,000 baptisms and was either an evangelist or singer at more than 100 revivals during his 45 years in the ministry. Rev. Mayes moved to Abilene with his wife and two small children in 1913. He worked his way through Simmons College graduating in 1921. He then took his family including two more children born while he was in college to Fort Worth to attend Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary graduating from there in 1924. Rev. Mayes ministered to two Fisher County churches for several years before becoming missionary to the Ash and Graham Streets missions in 1943.
Survivors include his wife; three daughters; one son; six grandchildren; two sisters.
Rev. Joe R. Mayes, 72, was a Baptist circuit rider, missionary and pastor in West Texas for 45 years. He was the missionary pastor of the University Baptist Church. For six years, he served at the Ash Street Mission and for four years at the Graham Street Mission. Rev. Mayes was ordained and licensed for the ministry in Young County. He preached there for 10 years. He had been the pastor at Uvalde, Baird, Megargel, Cross Road, and Pleasant Valley in Jones County. Rev. Mayes had officiated at more than 2,000 baptisms and was either an evangelist or singer at more than 100 revivals during his 45 years in the ministry. Rev. Mayes moved to Abilene with his wife and two small children in 1913. He worked his way through Simmons College graduating in 1921. He then took his family including two more children born while he was in college to Fort Worth to attend Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary graduating from there in 1924. Rev. Mayes ministered to two Fisher County churches for several years before becoming missionary to the Ash and Graham Streets missions in 1943.
Survivors include his wife; three daughters; one son; six grandchildren; two sisters.
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