Bobbie Joe Mays(Tulia)

Tulia, Texas— Bobbie Joe Mays, 85, of Haskell, formerly of Tulia died Wednesday, July 4, 2007 in Haskell. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, July 9, 2007 at Rose Hill Cemetery under the direction of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Tulia. Mr. Mays was born in Hainesville, Texas on October 12, 1921 to Joseph Henry and Mabel Lucinda Potter Mays. They lived in Jones Co. and Lubbock where he started school. They moved to Kress in 1936 and later to Tulia. He joined the US Army during WWII. After his discharge he moved back to Tulia. He was a carpenter by trade. He married Billie Jewel Johnson on March 27, 1947 in Muleshoe. He was a member of Central Church of Christ. They moved to Haskell in 2003. Survivors include his wife: Billie Jewel Mays of Haskell; two daughters and their husbands; Frankie and Steve Cothron of Haskell and Jolene and James Arnold of Haskell, four grandchildren; Bobbie Ray and Shelia Cothron of Haskell, Allen James Arnold of New Boston, Sarah Rose and Lyle Mullican of Rochester, Minnesota, and Daisy Renee Cothron of Dallas, three great grandchildren; Hunter James Arnold of Canyon, Shelbi Morrow of Haskell and Preston Morrow of Haskell.