Pastor Mays

MAYS, Pastor Louis H. - Age 78, passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at his residence. Family hour 5PM-8PM Friday, March 30, 2007 at Shiloh Baptist Church, 502 Leith St., with funeral service commencing at 11AM Saturday, March 31, 2007 at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 1083 E. Stewart St. Pastor Henry Fuller officiating. Rev. Lewis Randolph, Pastor. Interment River Rest Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church 11AM Saturday. Pastor Mays will lie in state at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, and may be viewed from 12Noon-8PM Friday. Pastor Louis H. Mays was born February 11, 1929 in Tuscaloosa Alabama, the son of Wilson Mays and Mary Elizabeth Urquhart. He attended Flint Northern High School, where he played football and graduated with the "Class of 1953" and was inducted into the Flint Sports Hall of Fame. Pastor Louis H. Mays was the Pastor of The Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church of Flint where he served for a total of 27 years, 3 years as an associate minister. Mays was Past Worshipful Master of the Rose of Sharon Lodge AF and AM. He had attained his 33rd degree. He was the Supreme Chaplain, the Past Patron of Rose Marie Chapter #33 O.E.S., and also the Patron of Mecca Court #5, and Daughters of Sphinx. He was employed for 31 years at Buick (a Division of General Motors), retiring as a skilled trade supervisor, with membership in the UAW, Local 599. Pastor Mays was also employed for the Flint Board of Education, retiring after 25 years of service. Pastor Mays spearheaded the development of The Shiloh Commons Townhouses, where he was also President and C.E.O. This was a great dream of his that became reality. His hobbies included photography, technology, music, movies, cooking and joking with his family. Pastor Lewis H. Mays leaves to cherish his memory: wife of 20 years, Martha Louise Mays; nine children, Veronica Simons, Sherman Mays, Eric Mays, Susan Turner, Kevin (Annie) Mays, Terries (Dennis) Lewis, Reginald (Renita) Mays, Kimberly K. Robinson, and Tokoya Cureton; adopted daughter, Faustina (Pete) Allen-Rome; 14 grandchildren, Michelle (Tommy) Scott, Randee Boose, Takesia Robinson, Hakeem Mays, Erica Matthews, J'Lisa Turner, Kevin Mays II, Evan Rome, Zauhn Lewis, Dana Mays, Jordan Rome, Leah Mays, Zaria Lewis, and Zane Lewis; four great-grandchildren, Whitney Boose, Treyvon Boose-Burt, Alexis Cyre' Collins, and JaKobie Boose; sister, Loretta Mason; sisters and brothers-in-law, Constance (Kermit) Welch Jr., Jerry (Jewel) Wynn; god son, Robert Moore III; god daughters, Anglique Rush and Kayla Welch-Lawrence; many other relatives and friends survive including, Janie Wright, Evelyn Ward, Jessie Lakes, Ben Shaw, Ninca (Arron) Couty, Lenore Croudy, Annie Dye, Gloria Flurry, Janice Kimbrough, Linda Mayfield, Deloise Rush, Diane Veasey, Joyce Webb and Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Willis. His father and mother, Wilson Mays and Mary Urquhart; grandparents, Dan and Viola Sparrow; a host of aunts and uncles, including great-uncle Sylvester Mosely, preceded Pastor Mays in death.

Pastor Mays

February 11, 1929 - March 21, 2007