Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Bray Mayo, 70, of Bastrop will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 20, 2008 at the Chapel of Golden Funeral Home with the Rev. Dale Jordan and Father Richard Norsworthy officiating. Interment will follow at Pinegrove Baptist Church Cemetery under the direction of Golden Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Mayo passed away December 18, 2008 at her residence. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. A cosmetologist and hair stylist, she was the owner of Magic Mirror Beauty Salon for 40 years. Mrs. Mayo was a dedicated mother and grandmother.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Bray; a baby son, a baby daughter, three brothers, Namon Bray, Damon Bray and Billy Bray; three sisters, Patricia Bray, Georgia Needham and Barbara Sebren.
She is survived by her husband of 53 years, George “Pete” Mayo; three daughters, Cindy M. Johnson and husband Bill of Bastrop, Dee Dee Mangrum and husband Marty of Denham Springs, and Jamie Gentry of Bastrop; one son, Tommy Mack Mayo of Bastrop; two sisters, Ann Boykin of LaRue, Texas and Teresa Zieminick of Taylorsville, Ga.; one brother, Jerry Bray of Bonita; two special sisters-in-law, Dorothy Blackman and Bessie Hayman, both of Bastrop; brother-in-law Mack Mayo of Jacksonville, Fla.; eight grandchildren, Jason Mayo, Eric Jones, Lindzay Wilmore, Jay Chapman II, Emily Anthony, Trey Owens, Taylor Gentry and Mallory Mangrum; and six great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Bobby Boykin, Donnie Burns, Jason Mayo, Eric Jones, Jay Chapman II, Trey Owens, Greg Zieminick and Brad Zieminick.
Honorary pallbearer will be David Zieminick.
