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Submitted: 11/11/22 • Approved: 11/13/22 • Last Updated: 11/16/22 • R545956-G545956-S3
Luther Mays
1870-1957
Annie Mae Sullivan Mays
1881-1959
Photo, courtesy Diane & John
*Obituary Luther Mays
L. F. Mays Dies Today
Luther Franklin Mays, 87, retired Coahoma farmer, died en route to a hospital in Big Spring at 9:30 a.m. Friday.
Mr. Mays had been seriously ill and had only recently returned from the hospital. When he took a sudden turn for the worse Friday morning an ambulance was summoned.
Funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Coahoma Church of Christ, where he was a member, with I. E. Wilkerson minister, officiating. Burial will be in the Coahoma Cemetery under direction of Nailey-Pickle Funeral Home.
Mr. Mays was born July 21, 1870 in Nashville, Tennessee and was married in July of 1896 to Miss Annie Sullivan. They came here from Jack County, Texas in 1920 and had made their home in the Coahoma area continuously since.
Surviving Mr. Mays are his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Ethel Kinder, Coahoma, Mrs. Percy Smith, Houston, Mrs. C. A. Cranfill, Big Springs, two sons Bill Mays, Aspermont and Romey Mays, Big Spring.
Obituary from the Howard County Library, 500 Main St., Big Spring, Texas 79720
Contributed on 11/11/22 by neldapat
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