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Ralph Mays '
Morton Ralph Mays, 58, died April 10 in Charlotte, N.C. He was the son of the late Bessie Camden Mays and Claude R. Mays of Amherst, Va. He was a World War II veteran, and a member of Hill City Masonic Lodge. ^
Funeral services were held April 12 in Myers Park Baptist Church, Charlotte and interment was the following day at Boykins, Va. with a graveside Masonic service.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Virginia F. Mays; a son, Dwight Ralph and two grandchildren, all of Charlotte; a step-mother Mrs. Ruth Corbitt and a half sister, Mrs. Thornton Semones, of Amissville. □
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