Martha Mays Obituary
Funeral services for Ms. Martha Ann Mays will be held at 10:30 am Thursday, January 4, 2024, in the chapel of Replogle-Lawrence Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery in Humboldt. Visitation with the family will be held Wednesday, January 3, 2024, from 5 until 7 pm and again on Thursday from 9:30 am until service time.
Ms. Mays, 86, passed away Friday, December 29, 2023, at Christian Care Center in Medina.
She was born in Fruitvale, Crockett County, TN to the late Thomas and Emma (McCollum) Petty. Martha was retired from Rockwell in Threeway, TN.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, James Thomas Mays; son, Gary Mays; daughters, Kathy Stoots and Tammy Tawater.
Martha is survived by her son, Jimmy Mays and wife Sarah; daughters, Lisa Forsyth and husband Tom, Sara McCaig and husband Jimmy; sister, Patricia Buckingham and husband Troy; 16 grandchildren and a multiude of great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed the Alzheimer's Tennessee, West Tennessee Office, 38 Old Hickory Cove, Suite B175, Jackson, TN 38305.
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