Journey Through the Generations
Uncover Your Roots: Exploring Ancestry & Family History
My paternal grandfather, Booker Mays, was born on February, 10, 1910 in Mississippi. He lived in Mississippi until the 1930s when he moved to Missouri. He worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad while in Missouri and after he moved to Arkansas. He married Gladys Denson in 1939 and started a family in Newport, Arkansas. He... Continue Reading →
My Mother was born February 12, 1952 to Gus and Ernestine Wright Hatchett. She is the youngest of her father's six children and the only child of her mother. She graduated from W.F. Branch High in 1970 and attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. After she married my Dad, Wayman Mays, she moved to... Continue Reading →
My father, Wayman Allen Mays, was born February 28, 1951 to Booker and Gladys Denson Mays. He was the youngest of their three children. He graduated from W. F. Branch High school in 1969 and Philander Smith College in 1973. After graduating with a bachelors in education, he worked in Little Rock for the Boys... Continue Reading →
My Aunt, Mozell Powell Williams
The Mays Family - Wayman, Patricia, Trisha, Russell, Russell, and Leslie Mays (2015)
One of my favorite TV shows is The Cosby Show. If you have ever watched the show, then you remember that Cliff and Claire attended Hillman College. So did their daughter, Denise, and Cliff's father, Russell Huxtable. Hillman held many memories for their family and was the subject of the show's spin-off, A Different World.... Continue Reading →
St. Paul AME Church; Newport, AR 116th Church Anniversary Program 1996
Patricia, Gus, and Ernestine Hatchett
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Govan with their children - Photo courtesy of Mrs. Phyllis Cummings
My Aunt Mable Hatchett Dillingham - Photo courtesy of Panzy Anthony
The first African American physician in Conway, Arkansas - Photo courtesy of Phillip Cummings Click HERE to read more about Dr. Cummings
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