Mayes, Oliver "Kieth" 


MARSHALL -- A memorial and celebration of life service for Oliver "Kieth" Mayes, 64, of 
Hallsville, is scheduled for 4 p.m. Monday, February 20, 2006, in the chapel of 
Sullivan-Heaster Funeral Home in Marshall, Texas, with the Reverend Roy D. "Buck" 
Lineberger officiating. Mr. Mayes passed away suddenly on February 11, 2006, in Tucker, 
Georgia. Kieth was born June 8, 1941, in Hobart, Oklahoma, to Charlie Ray and Inez Lewis 
Mayes. He attended Dill City High School in Dill City, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State 
University. He served in the United States Air Force. Kieth worked as an insurance adjuster 
for most of his career. At the time of his death, he was employed with Crawford & Company 
as a catastrophe adjuster. Kieth is survived by his wife of 33  years, Sandie Smith Mayes; 
son and daughter-in-law, Todd and Paige Mayes; daughter and son-in-law, Stacie and Brandy 
McPherson; brother, Michael Lynn Mayes; father-in-law and mother-in-law, I.E. and Margie 
Smith; grandchildren, Cooper, Carter, and Maggie Mayes, and Hunter and Caleb McPherson; 
and numerous nieces and nephews. The family requests that memorials be made to the American 
Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 75231.

Published in the Longview News-Journal from 2/18/2006 - 2/19/2006.