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- Former councilman Clyde Mays dead; owned roofing business
Clyde E. Mays Sr., 90, 409 W. Mulberry St., former Kokomo businessman and city councilman, died early Saturday morning, March 22, 1980, in St. Joseph Memorial Hospital.
Born March 8, 1896, he was the son of Charles and Emmaline Mays. He was first married to Myrtle Dalton who died in 1953. He married Mildred Shaffer who died in 1961. He then married Lula Tucker, who survives.
In 1938, he formed Mays Roofing Co. and was active in the firm until five years ago.
Mays was a prominent figure in Kokomo city government in the 1950s. A Democrat, he was a member of the Kokomo Common Council eight years, beginning in 1952, where he served as councilman-at-large.
He also served on the Kokomo Plan Commission and the Kokomo Board of Zoning Appeals.
He was a real estate appraiser for Veteran's Administration housing and was the first chairman of the board of directors of Kokomo Federal Savings and Loan Association.
He began work as a young man as a roll turner at Continental Steel Corp. and then was associated with Clarence Bugher in the roofing business in 1930.
After selling his share of the business to Bugher in 1932, he formed Central Roofing and Heating Co. at Rochester with John Clary. He returned to Kokomo in 1938 and formed his own roofing company.
He was a member of the First Christian Church, Masonic Lodge, Kokomo Shrine Club, Royal Jesters, Scottish Rite and Elks Lodge.
Surviving with his wife, are one son, Clyde E. Mays Jr., three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Fenn Funeral Home with the Rev. Dan Kechel officiating. Burial will be in Crown Point Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.
The Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, Indiana. Sunday, 23 March 1980.
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