Charles
Edwin Mays - 1944-2017
Newark
OH Advocate
1 Dec 2017
Charles Mays, 73, from Alexandria, OH moved to his heavenly
home at 8:45pm, November 28th. He had been in intensive care
at OSU for over 5 weeks.
He
was born in Bloomington, IL on April 4, 1944 to Edwin K. and
Elsie J. Mays. He had one brother, Thomas (Patricia) Mays of
Geneseo, IL and one sister, Linda J. Armenise (Mays) of
Geneseo, IL. He was in the United States Army from 1961-64
stationed in Fort Benning, GA and was a member of the
American Legion.
He
departs from his wife of 36 years, Christa (Ellas) whom he
loved dearly. He has three children, Christie, Michael and
Kendra Mays, all of Columbus and three step-children, Gary
Gregg of Mt. Vernon, Sherri (Bill) Lehman of Newark, and
Jeanne (Gary) Holbrook of Alexandria, OH, nieces, Angie
Armenise of Providence, RI, Melissa (Don) Hardesty of
Bucyrus, OH, nephew, Rick (Donna) Ellas, 22 grandchildren
and 23 great- grandchildren.
He
was the owner and operator of Bixler’s Sales and Service in
Newark, OH. After retirement he worked at Home Depot MET
team in Newark, OH. He loved his pet chickens, being
outside, fishing, tinkering in the garage or reading a good
book. A memorial service will be held at 11am, Saturday,
December 2nd, 2017 at the Alexandria Church of Christ, 5380
Moots Run Road, Alexandria, OH 43001 with Don Allen
officiating.
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