Carlene Mays

On Sunday December 23, 2018 Carlene Putnam Mays of Daleville Virginia, loving mother of three children, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, passed away at the age of 82.
Carlene was born in Bath County Virginia on June 14, 1936 to Raymond Putnam & Pauline Putnam McGuire.
She graduated in 1953 from Central High school in Clifton Forge. She attended nursing school at C&O hospital in Clifton Forge.
In 1956 she married Sidney Mays and they raised three sons, Mark, David and Jeff. Carlene had a passion for music, especially classical.
She was a beautiful pianist. Her personality was big. She had immeasurable charisma along with a warm smile and wonderful sense of humor.
Most who met Carlene never forgot her. She never met a stranger.
Carlene had a great sense of compassion & spoke out for those less fortunate. She loved the beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains & Virginia.
Carlene was preceded in death by her husband Owen S. Mays, Jr. and son David Mays, two Sisters Mary Elizabeth & Jacquelyn and her adored sister-n-law Susie Mays.
She is survived by her sons Mark & Jeff, her grandchildren Jacob, Amanda, Joshua, Michael, Jake (Dusty) and Melinda, great-grandchildren Brandon, Nathen, Rowen & Isaac, brothers Bill and Alton, special friends Jennifer Mays & Logan Terry in addition to many cousins, nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held Nicely Funeral Home in Clifton Forge VA on Thursday December 27th at 2pm.
A visitation will occur from 12:30 until 2 prior to the funeral service.