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Alma L. (Hughey) Mays

Alma L. Mays, 82, of Mt. Vernon, Died 8:05 pm Oct. 29, 1994, at Casey Care Center.

Mrs. Mays was a cook at several area restaurants.

She was born Aug. 3, 1912, in Opdyke, a daughter of Tom and Grace (McKee) Hughey.

She married William Harley Mays, who preceded her in death.

Services were to be at 1 pm today at Hughey Funeral Home with the Rev. Buss Hart officiating. Burial was in Hopewell Cemetery.

Mrs. Mays is survived by a daughter, Mary Neideffer and husband Leonard of Mt. Vernon; grandchildren, Mary Weems, Leonard Neideffer Jr., Jeffery Neideffer, and Alma Ruth Curtis; eight great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mary Dixon of Chicago, and Gladys Porter of Marion; two brothers, Cecil Hughey and wife Barbara of Mt. Vernon, and John Hughey of Mt. Vernon; and several nieces and nephews.

She was a Baptist.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Mays was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Buddy Dean Neidefer; two brothers, Fay Hughey and Harrison Hughey; and a sister, Pauline Rector.

Source: Unknown
Date: Otober 29, 1994
Submitted by: Ken Richardson


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