John Wesley Mays, Sr.

Name: John Wesley Mays, Sr.

Age: 74

Residence: Gloster, MS

Died When: October 10, 2025

Died Where: University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS

Born: October 4, 1951

Born Where: Mound Bayou, Mississippi

Parents: Mr. Oscar Mays, Sr., and Mrs. Nellie Harvard Mays

Occupation: Truck Driver

Visitation: Saturday, October 18, 2025, 10:00-10:30 (Family Only), 10:30 -11:00
(Public), Mt. Nebo Christian Methodist Church, 1494 Nebo Road, Gloster, MS
39638

Funeral Services: Saturday, 11:00 a.m., October 18, 2025, Mt. Nebo Christian
Methodist Church, 1494 Nebo Road, Gloster, MS 39638

Place of Burial: Mt. Nebo Christian Methodist Church Cemetery, 1494 Nebo
Road, Gloster, MS 39638

Minister: Reverend Geneva Hall

Preceded in Death: Father, Oscar Mays, Sr., Mother, Nellie Mays, 5 Brothers:
A.J. Mays, Grady Mays, Ezell Mays, Oscar Mays, Jr., and Leepoleon Mays, and 2
Sisters: Gloria Mays and Rosie Mays

Survivors: Wife, Essie Mays, three children: John Mays, Jr., Karen McMorris, and
Jessica R. Mays, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, four sisters:
Johnnie Conrad, Glady Donnell, Faye Kearney, and Mary Norah, one brother,
Larry Mays, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.