Mays, Wanda Irene

August 01, 1925 - March 08, 2010

On Monday, March 8th, 2010, Wanda Richmond Mays of Old Eccles Road, Beckley went to be with the Lord at the Bowers Hospice following a short illness. She was in her 84th year. Born Wanda Irene Richmond on August 1, 1925 at Dry Hill, she was the first of five children born to the late Charles Elbert and Gersye Gladys Huffman Richmond. Her brother, Lewis Edwin Richmond preceded her in death. Wanda was of the Christian faith. At the end of the day, when we remember Wanda Mays we recall a caring mother, grandmother, great grandmother. She was a wonderful cook. Her family will always recall her delicious meals. In addition to her parents and brother, Wanda was preceded in death by her husband, George Wriston Mays in 1990. Those left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Judy Terry and her husband David of Sunny Acres; she was the doting “Granny” of Stacy Painter and her husband, Adam of Clear Brook, VA; the wonderful “Great Granny Wanda” of Sydney, Aiden who was born on Wanda’s birthday and Keagan all of Clear Brook; the fond sister of Elmo Richmond and his wife Diana of Gilboa, OH, Leola Wyant and her husband Eugene of Lima, OH, and Joyce Marts and her husband John Marts II of Harvey, VA; several nieces, nephews, friends and neighbors. Funeral services will be Thursday, March 11, at 1:00 p.m. in the Melton Mortuary Chapel with Pastors Joe Schmidt and Rick Absher of the Oak Grove Christian Church officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday evening from six to nine p.m. at the mortuary and one hour prior to the services on Thursday. The family suggests donations of sympathy can be made to the Bowers Hospice House, PO Box 1472, Beckley, WV 25802 or the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association, 8588 Potter Park Drive, Suite 500, Sarasota, FL 34238 in honor of her special great grandson, Aiden Wayne Painter.