TITLE:  Marilyn Swicegood Mays

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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MAYS, Marilyn
GOLDSBORO - Mrs. Marilyn Swicegood Mays, 78, of 408 Taylor Place, died 
Friday at her home.A native of Charleston, SC and reared in 
Summerville, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Willis 
Swicegood and Caroline Bell Swicegood and was married for 55 years to 
the late Dr. Oliver Aiken Mays. Mrs. Mays attended the University of 
South Carolina in Columbia and became a registered nurse at the School 
of Nursing of the Medical University of South Carolina. She later 
served as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Nurses Corps. 
Mrs. Mays served with her husband in places such as Paris, France, 
Wiesbaden, Germany and Nome, Alaska and many other bases in the United 
States. After moving to Goldsboro, Mrs. Mays became a member of St. 
Paul United Methodist Church, where she was involved with the 
Sanctuary Choir and the Susanne Wesley Circle. She was also a member 
of the Retired Officers Wives Association, the Gardenettes Garden Club,
the Neuse River Foundation, the AMA Alliance, Inc. and a life member 
of the Medical University of South Carolina Alumni Association.Funeral
 services will be held at St. Paul United Methodist Church at 11 a.m. 
Rev. Charles Morrison officiating. Graveside services will be held 
Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Columbia, SC.Mrs. Mays 
is survived by her sons, Roy Aiken Mays, II and Charlotte of Jamestown,
SC and Roger Willis Mays and his wife, Virginia Ann of Morehead City; 
sister, Imogene Williams of Summerville, SC; brothers, Roger Mason 
Swicegood of Summerville, SC and Daniel Swicegood of Greenville, NC; 
grandchildren, Rob, Will, Erin and Geoff; and a special friend, John 
Malfy of Goldsboro.Mrs. Mays was preceded in death by an infant son, a 
daughter, Janet Marilyn Mays, a sister, Carrie Bell Schultz and 
brothers, George Wesley Swicegood, John Willis Swicegood, Jr. and 
Edwin Franklin Swicegood.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to 
St. Paul United Methodist Church, 204 E. Chestnut Street, Goldsboro, 
NC 27530.Honorary pallbearers will be the Wayne County Medical Society.
The family will receive friends Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Seymour 
Funeral Home and other times at the residence. (Published Oct 14, 2001)
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