h/o Ernestine Grace Lukens.
Birth: 1st of three (other two, twins) known children in Champaign, Champaign county, Illinois.
Census: 1910, age 6 Champaign, Champaign county, Illinois with parents, surviving sister of younger twins, maternal aunt, father a farmer.
Census: 1920, age 16 Champaign, Champaign county, Illinois with parents and younger sister, next listed are paternal grandparents, father a general farmer.
Father died 1924, mother, whose maiden name was Stout, remarried.
Noted a junior at University of Illinois, member of Sigma Phi Sigma fraternity in 1925, graduating with Class of 1926.
Removed from Chicago, Cook county, Illinois to Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri during 1929.
Census: 1930, age 26 Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri lodging, single a superintendent at marble quarry.
George J Busboom, one of original organizer's and president of the then $5 million dollar Carthage Marble corporation was killed 26 May 1930 in a plane crash at Tulsa, Oklahoma. Roy Mayes, during the ensuing years, climbed from company's comptroller of the quarry to claim the office of president and general manager.
Census: 1940, age 36 Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with wife and son at 1512 Grand avenue, president & general manager of Carthage Marble corporation.
~ City Directories:
1947, with wife at 1512 Grand avenue, president & general manager Carthage Marble Corporation.
1950, with wife at 729 east Highland, president & general manager Carthage Marble Corporation.
Same for years 1953, 1956, 1959 & 1960.
Mother passed away in Cook county, Illinois during 1967.
Roy, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), so stated above, removed from Chicago to Carthage in 1929 when retained as comptroller for newly created Carthage Marble Corporation. Roy Mayes and Minford Potter formed the M & P Construction company with a housing project for WW II returning service men, on a circle between St Louis & Highland, west from Garrison, Carthage, in which Lawrence "Hop" Flanigan's once lived, where we played poker. M & P, went on and became an established & successful general contractor for the area. Roy was an extremely active person during his lifetime, including at one time or another being, chairman of the state Republican party, chairman of Missouri Highway Commission, a leader in getting the Jefferson Highway, U S #71 a four lane modern trafficway from Kansas City through Carthage, as of year 2012 named "Interstate 49" in Missouri, active in Boy Scouts, YMCA & his church, president of Carthage Park Board, president of the Marble Institute of America, chairman of the local school board to name a few. Roy stepped down from the position with state highway commission when it came time to route #71 around Carthage which ended taking much of the Carthage Marble corporation's property for rights-of-way at its north and Luke Boggess' five acre country home site, house lost to a tornado during first construction, at the south end of Carthage.
Parts of his active business life is covered on-line in articles of the Joplin Globe newspaper.
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June 29, 1989
CARTHAGE PRESS
ROY E. MAYES SR.
Rites for industrialist held Wednesday
A retired commissioner of the Missouri State Highway Commission and prominent Carthage businessman Roy E. Mayes Sr., 85, 729 East Highland Ave., died at 8:32 p.m. Monday at St. Luke's Nursing Center following a long illness.
Born November 30, 1903 in Champaign, Illinois he received a bachelors degree in commerce and a masters degree in economics from the University of Illinois. When he finished college in 1926 he passed his certified public accountant test and became associated with the Chicago firm of Lybrand, Ross Bros. and Montgomery.
He moved from Chicago to Carthage in 1929, working as a comptroller for Carthage Marble Corporation. He became president in 1963(sic, 1933).
He was appointed by former Governor John Dalton in 1961 as a member of the Missouri State Highway Commission. He resigned in 1972,.
Mayes also was chairman of the board of Carthage Marble Corporation and was president of M-P Construction Company, with Minford E Potter, secretary of the Carthage Marble Corp., Roy being involved with the company from 1942-75, early on it formed a housing project for WW II returning service men, on a circle between St Louis & Highland, west from Garrison, Carthage, in which Lawrence "Hop" Flanigan's once lived, where we played poker. M & P, went on and became an established & successful general contractor for the area. He was a past member of the board of directors of the Bank of Carthage [now, Bank of America].
Known nationally and internationally in the marble business, he was a past president of the National Association of Marble Dealers and Marble Institute of America Inc.
Active in community and state affairs, Mayes was past president of the R-9 Board of Education, Carthage Park Board, Missouri Chamber of Commerce, Carthage Chamber of Commerce and Carthage Rotary Club. He also was a chairman of the board of trustees for the Carthage YMCA.
He was civil defense chairman of Jasper County from 1942 -46. Active in Boy Scouts of America, he was state finance chairman for the organization in 1959.
He was a member of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite.
He was on the vestry of Grace Episcopal Church.
He was married to Ernestine L. Lukens in June 1931 in Carthage. She survives,
also surviving are a son, Roy E. Mayes, Jr., Carthage Route 4; a daughter Mary L. Spradley of Kansas City and four grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Episcopal Church with the Rev. Ross Stuckey officiating.
A private burial service for the family will be held at Park Cemetery following the services. Arrangements were under the direction of Ulmer Funeral Home.
Prepared in part by Bill Boggess.
Birth: 1st of three (other two, twins) known children in Champaign, Champaign county, Illinois.
Census: 1910, age 6 Champaign, Champaign county, Illinois with parents, surviving sister of younger twins, maternal aunt, father a farmer.
Census: 1920, age 16 Champaign, Champaign county, Illinois with parents and younger sister, next listed are paternal grandparents, father a general farmer.
Father died 1924, mother, whose maiden name was Stout, remarried.
Noted a junior at University of Illinois, member of Sigma Phi Sigma fraternity in 1925, graduating with Class of 1926.
Removed from Chicago, Cook county, Illinois to Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri during 1929.
Census: 1930, age 26 Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri lodging, single a superintendent at marble quarry.
George J Busboom, one of original organizer's and president of the then $5 million dollar Carthage Marble corporation was killed 26 May 1930 in a plane crash at Tulsa, Oklahoma. Roy Mayes, during the ensuing years, climbed from company's comptroller of the quarry to claim the office of president and general manager.
Census: 1940, age 36 Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with wife and son at 1512 Grand avenue, president & general manager of Carthage Marble corporation.
~ City Directories:
1947, with wife at 1512 Grand avenue, president & general manager Carthage Marble Corporation.
1950, with wife at 729 east Highland, president & general manager Carthage Marble Corporation.
Same for years 1953, 1956, 1959 & 1960.
Mother passed away in Cook county, Illinois during 1967.
Roy, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), so stated above, removed from Chicago to Carthage in 1929 when retained as comptroller for newly created Carthage Marble Corporation. Roy Mayes and Minford Potter formed the M & P Construction company with a housing project for WW II returning service men, on a circle between St Louis & Highland, west from Garrison, Carthage, in which Lawrence "Hop" Flanigan's once lived, where we played poker. M & P, went on and became an established & successful general contractor for the area. Roy was an extremely active person during his lifetime, including at one time or another being, chairman of the state Republican party, chairman of Missouri Highway Commission, a leader in getting the Jefferson Highway, U S #71 a four lane modern trafficway from Kansas City through Carthage, as of year 2012 named "Interstate 49" in Missouri, active in Boy Scouts, YMCA & his church, president of Carthage Park Board, president of the Marble Institute of America, chairman of the local school board to name a few. Roy stepped down from the position with state highway commission when it came time to route #71 around Carthage which ended taking much of the Carthage Marble corporation's property for rights-of-way at its north and Luke Boggess' five acre country home site, house lost to a tornado during first construction, at the south end of Carthage.
Parts of his active business life is covered on-line in articles of the Joplin Globe newspaper.
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June 29, 1989
CARTHAGE PRESS
ROY E. MAYES SR.
Rites for industrialist held Wednesday
A retired commissioner of the Missouri State Highway Commission and prominent Carthage businessman Roy E. Mayes Sr., 85, 729 East Highland Ave., died at 8:32 p.m. Monday at St. Luke's Nursing Center following a long illness.
Born November 30, 1903 in Champaign, Illinois he received a bachelors degree in commerce and a masters degree in economics from the University of Illinois. When he finished college in 1926 he passed his certified public accountant test and became associated with the Chicago firm of Lybrand, Ross Bros. and Montgomery.
He moved from Chicago to Carthage in 1929, working as a comptroller for Carthage Marble Corporation. He became president in 1963(sic, 1933).
He was appointed by former Governor John Dalton in 1961 as a member of the Missouri State Highway Commission. He resigned in 1972,.
Mayes also was chairman of the board of Carthage Marble Corporation and was president of M-P Construction Company, with Minford E Potter, secretary of the Carthage Marble Corp., Roy being involved with the company from 1942-75, early on it formed a housing project for WW II returning service men, on a circle between St Louis & Highland, west from Garrison, Carthage, in which Lawrence "Hop" Flanigan's once lived, where we played poker. M & P, went on and became an established & successful general contractor for the area. He was a past member of the board of directors of the Bank of Carthage [now, Bank of America].
Known nationally and internationally in the marble business, he was a past president of the National Association of Marble Dealers and Marble Institute of America Inc.
Active in community and state affairs, Mayes was past president of the R-9 Board of Education, Carthage Park Board, Missouri Chamber of Commerce, Carthage Chamber of Commerce and Carthage Rotary Club. He also was a chairman of the board of trustees for the Carthage YMCA.
He was civil defense chairman of Jasper County from 1942 -46. Active in Boy Scouts of America, he was state finance chairman for the organization in 1959.
He was a member of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite.
He was on the vestry of Grace Episcopal Church.
He was married to Ernestine L. Lukens in June 1931 in Carthage. She survives,
also surviving are a son, Roy E. Mayes, Jr., Carthage Route 4; a daughter Mary L. Spradley of Kansas City and four grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Episcopal Church with the Rev. Ross Stuckey officiating.
A private burial service for the family will be held at Park Cemetery following the services. Arrangements were under the direction of Ulmer Funeral Home.
Prepared in part by Bill Boggess.
h/o Ernestine Grace Lukens.
Birth: 1st of three (other two, twins) known children in Champaign, Champaign county, Illinois.
Census: 1910, age 6 Champaign, Champaign county, Illinois with parents, surviving sister of younger twins, maternal aunt, father a farmer.
Census: 1920, age 16 Champaign, Champaign county, Illinois with parents and younger sister, next listed are paternal grandparents, father a general farmer.
Father died 1924, mother, whose maiden name was Stout, remarried.
Noted a junior at University of Illinois, member of Sigma Phi Sigma fraternity in 1925, graduating with Class of 1926.
Removed from Chicago, Cook county, Illinois to Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri during 1929.
Census: 1930, age 26 Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri lodging, single a superintendent at marble quarry.
George J Busboom, one of original organizer's and president of the then $5 million dollar Carthage Marble corporation was killed 26 May 1930 in a plane crash at Tulsa, Oklahoma. Roy Mayes, during the ensuing years, climbed from company's comptroller of the quarry to claim the office of president and general manager.
Census: 1940, age 36 Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with wife and son at 1512 Grand avenue, president & general manager of Carthage Marble corporation.
~ City Directories:
1947, with wife at 1512 Grand avenue, president & general manager Carthage Marble Corporation.
1950, with wife at 729 east Highland, president & general manager Carthage Marble Corporation.
Same for years 1953, 1956, 1959 & 1960.
Mother passed away in Cook county, Illinois during 1967.
Roy, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), so stated above, removed from Chicago to Carthage in 1929 when retained as comptroller for newly created Carthage Marble Corporation. Roy Mayes and Minford Potter formed the M & P Construction company with a housing project for WW II returning service men, on a circle between St Louis & Highland, west from Garrison, Carthage, in which Lawrence "Hop" Flanigan's once lived, where we played poker. M & P, went on and became an established & successful general contractor for the area. Roy was an extremely active person during his lifetime, including at one time or another being, chairman of the state Republican party, chairman of Missouri Highway Commission, a leader in getting the Jefferson Highway, U S #71 a four lane modern trafficway from Kansas City through Carthage, as of year 2012 named "Interstate 49" in Missouri, active in Boy Scouts, YMCA & his church, president of Carthage Park Board, president of the Marble Institute of America, chairman of the local school board to name a few. Roy stepped down from the position with state highway commission when it came time to route #71 around Carthage which ended taking much of the Carthage Marble corporation's property for rights-of-way at its north and Luke Boggess' five acre country home site, house lost to a tornado during first construction, at the south end of Carthage.
Parts of his active business life is covered on-line in articles of the Joplin Globe newspaper.
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June 29, 1989
CARTHAGE PRESS
ROY E. MAYES SR.
Rites for industrialist held Wednesday
A retired commissioner of the Missouri State Highway Commission and prominent Carthage businessman Roy E. Mayes Sr., 85, 729 East Highland Ave., died at 8:32 p.m. Monday at St. Luke's Nursing Center following a long illness.
Born November 30, 1903 in Champaign, Illinois he received a bachelors degree in commerce and a masters degree in economics from the University of Illinois. When he finished college in 1926 he passed his certified public accountant test and became associated with the Chicago firm of Lybrand, Ross Bros. and Montgomery.
He moved from Chicago to Carthage in 1929, working as a comptroller for Carthage Marble Corporation. He became president in 1963(sic, 1933).
He was appointed by former Governor John Dalton in 1961 as a member of the Missouri State Highway Commission. He resigned in 1972,.
Mayes also was chairman of the board of Carthage Marble Corporation and was president of M-P Construction Company, with Minford E Potter, secretary of the Carthage Marble Corp., Roy being involved with the company from 1942-75, early on it formed a housing project for WW II returning service men, on a circle between St Louis & Highland, west from Garrison, Carthage, in which Lawrence "Hop" Flanigan's once lived, where we played poker. M & P, went on and became an established & successful general contractor for the area. He was a past member of the board of directors of the Bank of Carthage [now, Bank of America].
Known nationally and internationally in the marble business, he was a past president of the National Association of Marble Dealers and Marble Institute of America Inc.
Active in community and state affairs, Mayes was past president of the R-9 Board of Education, Carthage Park Board, Missouri Chamber of Commerce, Carthage Chamber of Commerce and Carthage Rotary Club. He also was a chairman of the board of trustees for the Carthage YMCA.
He was civil defense chairman of Jasper County from 1942 -46. Active in Boy Scouts of America, he was state finance chairman for the organization in 1959.
He was a member of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite.
He was on the vestry of Grace Episcopal Church.
He was married to Ernestine L. Lukens in June 1931 in Carthage. She survives,
also surviving are a son, Roy E. Mayes, Jr., Carthage Route 4; a daughter Mary L. Spradley of Kansas City and four grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Episcopal Church with the Rev. Ross Stuckey officiating.
A private burial service for the family will be held at Park Cemetery following the services. Arrangements were under the direction of Ulmer Funeral Home.
Prepared in part by Bill Boggess.
Birth: 1st of three (other two, twins) known children in Champaign, Champaign county, Illinois.
Census: 1910, age 6 Champaign, Champaign county, Illinois with parents, surviving sister of younger twins, maternal aunt, father a farmer.
Census: 1920, age 16 Champaign, Champaign county, Illinois with parents and younger sister, next listed are paternal grandparents, father a general farmer.
Father died 1924, mother, whose maiden name was Stout, remarried.
Noted a junior at University of Illinois, member of Sigma Phi Sigma fraternity in 1925, graduating with Class of 1926.
Removed from Chicago, Cook county, Illinois to Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri during 1929.
Census: 1930, age 26 Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri lodging, single a superintendent at marble quarry.
George J Busboom, one of original organizer's and president of the then $5 million dollar Carthage Marble corporation was killed 26 May 1930 in a plane crash at Tulsa, Oklahoma. Roy Mayes, during the ensuing years, climbed from company's comptroller of the quarry to claim the office of president and general manager.
Census: 1940, age 36 Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with wife and son at 1512 Grand avenue, president & general manager of Carthage Marble corporation.
~ City Directories:
1947, with wife at 1512 Grand avenue, president & general manager Carthage Marble Corporation.
1950, with wife at 729 east Highland, president & general manager Carthage Marble Corporation.
Same for years 1953, 1956, 1959 & 1960.
Mother passed away in Cook county, Illinois during 1967.
Roy, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), so stated above, removed from Chicago to Carthage in 1929 when retained as comptroller for newly created Carthage Marble Corporation. Roy Mayes and Minford Potter formed the M & P Construction company with a housing project for WW II returning service men, on a circle between St Louis & Highland, west from Garrison, Carthage, in which Lawrence "Hop" Flanigan's once lived, where we played poker. M & P, went on and became an established & successful general contractor for the area. Roy was an extremely active person during his lifetime, including at one time or another being, chairman of the state Republican party, chairman of Missouri Highway Commission, a leader in getting the Jefferson Highway, U S #71 a four lane modern trafficway from Kansas City through Carthage, as of year 2012 named "Interstate 49" in Missouri, active in Boy Scouts, YMCA & his church, president of Carthage Park Board, president of the Marble Institute of America, chairman of the local school board to name a few. Roy stepped down from the position with state highway commission when it came time to route #71 around Carthage which ended taking much of the Carthage Marble corporation's property for rights-of-way at its north and Luke Boggess' five acre country home site, house lost to a tornado during first construction, at the south end of Carthage.
Parts of his active business life is covered on-line in articles of the Joplin Globe newspaper.
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June 29, 1989
CARTHAGE PRESS
ROY E. MAYES SR.
Rites for industrialist held Wednesday
A retired commissioner of the Missouri State Highway Commission and prominent Carthage businessman Roy E. Mayes Sr., 85, 729 East Highland Ave., died at 8:32 p.m. Monday at St. Luke's Nursing Center following a long illness.
Born November 30, 1903 in Champaign, Illinois he received a bachelors degree in commerce and a masters degree in economics from the University of Illinois. When he finished college in 1926 he passed his certified public accountant test and became associated with the Chicago firm of Lybrand, Ross Bros. and Montgomery.
He moved from Chicago to Carthage in 1929, working as a comptroller for Carthage Marble Corporation. He became president in 1963(sic, 1933).
He was appointed by former Governor John Dalton in 1961 as a member of the Missouri State Highway Commission. He resigned in 1972,.
Mayes also was chairman of the board of Carthage Marble Corporation and was president of M-P Construction Company, with Minford E Potter, secretary of the Carthage Marble Corp., Roy being involved with the company from 1942-75, early on it formed a housing project for WW II returning service men, on a circle between St Louis & Highland, west from Garrison, Carthage, in which Lawrence "Hop" Flanigan's once lived, where we played poker. M & P, went on and became an established & successful general contractor for the area. He was a past member of the board of directors of the Bank of Carthage [now, Bank of America].
Known nationally and internationally in the marble business, he was a past president of the National Association of Marble Dealers and Marble Institute of America Inc.
Active in community and state affairs, Mayes was past president of the R-9 Board of Education, Carthage Park Board, Missouri Chamber of Commerce, Carthage Chamber of Commerce and Carthage Rotary Club. He also was a chairman of the board of trustees for the Carthage YMCA.
He was civil defense chairman of Jasper County from 1942 -46. Active in Boy Scouts of America, he was state finance chairman for the organization in 1959.
He was a member of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite.
He was on the vestry of Grace Episcopal Church.
He was married to Ernestine L. Lukens in June 1931 in Carthage. She survives,
also surviving are a son, Roy E. Mayes, Jr., Carthage Route 4; a daughter Mary L. Spradley of Kansas City and four grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Episcopal Church with the Rev. Ross Stuckey officiating.
A private burial service for the family will be held at Park Cemetery following the services. Arrangements were under the direction of Ulmer Funeral Home.
Prepared in part by Bill Boggess.
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