Date of birth: 07 Aug 1911
Date of death: 31 Dec 1987

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Burial Information

Section 02 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 228A-02
Status: Occupied

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Veteran Information

Branch: US ARMY
Rank: CPL - Corporal
War/Campaign: WORLD WAR II

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Notes

Obituary
Thomas Lawrence Mayo
Funeral services for Thomas Lawrence Mayo of Lexington were held Friday, January 1 at 10:00 a.m. from Southern Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Mike O’Brien officiated, assisted by the Rev. Bobby Williamson.

Mr. Mayo, 76, died on Thursday, December 31, 1987 at Methodist Hospital of Middle Mississippi in Lexington. A native of Prentiss County, he was born August 7, 1911 at Booneville.

He was a retired grocery merchant in Lexington and for a number of years operated a rolling store throughout the county. He was a veteran of World War II; an active member of First Baptist Church in Lexington, where he was a member of the choir for approximately 50 years; he was a member of the Brotherhood Sunday School Class.

Mr. Mayo is survived by a brother, Leige Mayo of St. Petersburg, Florida and a number of nieces and nephews.

Interment was in Odd Fellows Cemetery with Southern Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Active pallbearers were Calvin Moore, Dennis Steen, Virgil King III, Jack Farmer, Mack Grantham and Floyd Malone. Honorary pallbearers were men of the Brotherhood Sunday School Class.

Mr. Mayo had requested that memorials be made to First Baptist Church Organ Fund.

The Holmes County Herald – Page 3
Lexington, MS
January 7, 1988

Family Relations of Thomas Lawrence Mayo

Parents:
James William Mayo
John Ella Johnson Mayo

Siblings:
Elijah William Mayo
Dewey Lee Mayo
James L. Mayo
Alton A. Mayo
Luther Troy Mayo
Mary Luma Mayo Sykes
Thomas Lawrence Mayo
Louella Chesteen Mayo

More information, family relationships, and images may be found by CLICKING HERE (external link)

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