Sandra E. “Sandi” Mayes, 71, of Yulee, Fla., passed away Monday, December 16, 2019 at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, Fla.
She was born in Greenville, S.C. to the late Herbert M. Elrod and Doris R. Taylor.
Sandi was a very prolific reader and loved books. After finishing them, she was so happy to donate them to Friends of the Library several times a year. She loved crosswords and watching Jeopardy and would call out the right answers before the contestants on TV could do so. She and her husband “Wayne” would travel all over to see dirt track racing. They often went to Bristol, Tenn. and various other races. Sandi was a big fan of Bill Elliot. She enjoyed music and had gone several times with her husband to the Jacksonville Jazz Festival. Over the years, they saw several musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, George Benson, Spyro Gyra and so many more. She has several pictures with Lee Roy Parnell on his tour bus. She loved to travel mostly because she would get to be with family whether it was a cruise, a cabin in the mountains, or a trip to visit with her best friend and mother-in-law, Geneva Mayes.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Milton Wayne Mayes in 2009; her daughter, Melody Yvette Googe in 2014; and her sister, Linda Arnold in 2008.
She leaves behind her son, Charles Bedwell and his wife, Kimberly, of Yulee; grandchildren, Taylor Googe, Richard Jeremiah “Jamie” Bedwell, Keith Howard Googe, and Jakobe Seamus Foster Bedwell and his wife, Alyssa; and brothers, Steven M. Elrod and his wife, Terri, and Randall Wayne “Randy” Elrod and his wife, Janet. She also leaves behind many beloved nieces, nephews, and extended family members.
Services to remember and celebrate her life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 28, 2019 in the Burgess Chapel of Oxley-Heard Funeral Directors. Her family will receive friends from 1:30 p.m. until the hour of service at the funeral home.
Please share your memories and condolences at www.oxleyheard.com.
Oxley-Heard Funeral Directors