Claude H. Mays, 94, of Wellston and formerly Vinton, passed away in the Jenkins Memorial Health Facility, Wellston, Thursday, April 29, 2004.
He was a retired coal miner retiring from the Gene Engle Construction Co. in 1970. He was also a World War II Army veteran. He was an avid sportsman, hunter and reader.
Mays was born Aug. 9, 1909, in Elliott County, Ky., a son of the late John L. And Fannie Pennington Mays.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lillie Likins in February 1982. Also preceding him in death were four sons and two daughter, Arthur, Donald, Denver, Douglas, Elizabeth and Patty Mays; two brothers, two sisters and three grandchildren.
He is survived by two daughters, Joyce (Jack) Whitmore of Phoenix, Ariz.; Beulah (Dave) Reed of Wellston; a daughter-in-law, Opal Mays of Bidwell; thirteen grandchildren, twenty six great-grandchildren and one sister, Lettie (John) Loveless of Morehead, Ky.
Funeral Services will be held at 1 p.m.., Sunday, May 2, 2004, in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton with the Rev. Alfred Holley officiating. Burial will be in the Vinton Memorial Park. The American Flag will be folded and presented by the Vinton American Legion Post 161.
Friends may call from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday at the funeral home.
