Billy Mayes

BILLY RONALD MAYS

(May 13, 2009)

BILLY RONALD MAYS, 73, of Huntington, W.Va., passed away Sunday, May 10, 2009, at St. Marys Medical Center, Huntington. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Reger Funeral Chapel by Brother Gordon Simpson. Burial will be in Burlington-Greenlawn Cemetery, South Point, Ohio. He was born April 28, 1936, in Fort Gay, W.Va., a son of the late Opal Mays Walker. He was an electrician and a contractor. He was a U.S. Army Vietnam veteran. He was a member of the Rose of Sharon Baptist Church of Proctorville, Ohio. In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by a brother, Larry Mays. Survivors include his wife, Shirley Faye Laney Roberts Mays; five sons, Ronnie and Pete Mays, John Palmer, and Bo and Danny Roberts; seven daughters, Karen Jinnings, Beckie Hess, Christy Chapmen, Kay Ullom, Tootie Fry, Rhonda Ferguson and Penny Hosser; 19 grandsons; 10 great-grandsons; 15 granddaughters; eight great-granddaughters; one special little great -granddaughter, Emily Kristine Smith; four brothers, Ted and Jack Mays, and John and Mike Walker; two sisters, Betty Riley and Margaret Keighley; an uncle, Keith Mays; several nieces and nephews; and two good friends, Gary and Bonnie Workman. Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Reger Funeral Home. The Veterans' Honor Guard of Huntington will conduct Military Graveside Rites.