Mayo Elder
July 17, 1907-Nov. 23, 1995
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, November 25, 1995, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library
Mayo Elder
1907-1995
Worked in a cotton gin in Tennessee
Funeral services for May Elder, 88, of 1422 N. 11th, Niles will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Calvary Baptist church, Niles by the Rev. W.L. Daniel.
Burial will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
Mr. Elder died at 4 a.m. Thursday at home of natural causes.
He was born July 17, 1907 in Gibbons County, Tenn. and had lived in Niles since 1984.
He was a laborer in a cotton gin in Tennessee, and was a member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church.
Survivors include one sister, Minnie Irvin of Indianapolis, Ind.; two sons, Thomas Elder of Kalamazoo and Billy Ray Elder of Dallas; and one daughter, Mary Esley of Niles.
One daughter, Johnnie Mae Porter, preceded him in death in 1985.
Friends may call at the church from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday.