Journey Through the Generations
Uncover Your Roots: Exploring Ancestry & Family History
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 →
St. Paul AME Church; Newport, AR 116th Church Anniversary Program 1996
My grandfather (second from the right) and his singing group in the 1940s - Photo courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
Photo courtesy of Jackson County Historical Society
My Aunt and Uncle (my father's siblings)
Mrs. Iona Oats and Gladys Denson Mays (my Granny) - Photo courtesy of the Butler Center of Arkansas Studies
Aunt Lela, Aunt Ninnie, and Uncle Jimmy
On Friday, November 13, 2020, my father, Wayman Allen Mays, passed away after a hard fought 12 year battle with colon cancer. Over the past 12 years, I was with him through several surgeries, radiation treatments, and countless amounts of chemotherapy. He never really talked about his cancer or complained about what he was going... Continue Reading →
Photo courtesy of the Butler Center of Arkansas Studies
It's been a while since I have written a blog post. To say that the world and life kind of got in the way would be an understatement. I was still riding high from my trip to RootsTech 2020, where I was an ambassador, when the world shut down mid March due to COVID-19. Everything... Continue Reading →
Journey Through the Generations 