Mrs. Patricia Eugenia Mays (Singleton) heard God whisper her name on March 18, 2025, and went to her mansion in the sky. She was born on May 04, 1944, to Willie Charles and Willa Mae Singleton in Cleveland, Ohio, the youngest child of four girls.
Ms. Pat gave her life to Christ as a child at the Zion Baptist Church, where she was baptized and later joined the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Burt, Michigan, where she was a member for over 46 years. While at Mt. Zion, she served as the Director of Christian Education, Sunday School, and VBS Coordinator. She was active with the Mother’s Board, the Woman’s Department, Willing Workers, and the Youth Department, Saginaw Valley Baptist District, Wolverine State Convention, and the National Convention. She loved Jesus and believed in supporting the works of the church.
In 1963, she married the love of her life, Sylvester Charles Mays, and to that union two children were born: a daughter, Crystal Monique Mays, and a son, Anthony Charles Mays. She was in the first graduating class of the newly built Buena Vista High School (1962), and she attended Delta College, where she received her associate’s degree in business. She completed her professional career at the State of Michigan’s Secretary of State Office, retiring in 1992.
Ms. Pat enjoyed life to the fullest and no regrets. She loved spending time with family and talking to her favorite cousin (Laverne) on the phone for hours, traveling with all her equipment and bags, fellowshipping with the Saints, reading the Bible, watching the Lifetime and Hallmark channels, and doing word search puzzles. She was also involved with the Christian Leadership Conference, Downes School Association, 21st Century Woman’s Club of the National Association of Colored Women Clubs, and was always selling something, Tupperware, Christmas Around the World and Avon.
Ms. Pat leaves to cherish her memory, her loving daughter and caretaker, Crystal M. Mays, Saginaw, MI, and her daughter-niece JoNita D. Byrd-Reeves, Saginaw, MI, daughter-in-law, Kimberly DeCaire-Mays, Saginaw, MI, brother-in-law, Archie (June) Mays, Essexville, MI. Two grandsons, Anthony Charles Mays, II, and Brandon Sylvester Mays, Saginaw, MI; 11 great grandchildren: Anthony Mays III, Jamarion Vollmer, Princess Zahn; Tremaine Mays, A’Lyrica Mays, Liberty Mays, YaYa Mays, JayJay Mays, Knowledge Mays, Brandon Mays, II, Ka’Niya McCombs; two great-great grandchildren, Macei’anna Elizabeth Rose Mays, Zay’Lonn Joseph Martinez-Mays; six bonus grandchildren; Alexandria Carter, Ebony Nelson, Michelle Patton, Brianna Robinson, Apollo Brown, Alicia Vollmer; four bonus great-grands, Princeton Zahariev Broadway, Leilani Lindsay, Penellope Polk and Sammy Polk; godchildren, Deon Ezell and Marion West; three nieces; Tina Rollins, Cleveland, Ohio, Jackie Wells, Las Vegas, NV, and Kathy Rollins, Las Vegas, NV; one nephew, Carl (Sheila) Rollins, Cleveland, Oh; special great nieces, Ny’Imah Reeves, Saginaw, Michigan, Cassandra Jackson, Cleveland, Ohio, Adrienne Gaston, Cleveland, Ohio and Elise Napier, Savannah, Georgia; special great nephew, Curtez Reeves, Saginaw, Michigan, and her extra special great-great nephew, Onyx Reeves II; many other nieces, nephews and cousins.
Ms. Pat loved her sister-friends, each one was special in their own way, Carol Carroll, Annie Pearl Haynes, Blanche Williams, Pastor Carolyn Wilkins, Evelyn Carter, Velvia Monroe, Bertha Payne, Clairee Sanders, Mildred Ezell, all of Saginaw, MI, Rhoda Hannible – Kirkland, Washington, Maggie Smith - Alabama, Jeanie Moncrief - California, and Shirley Beavers, Texas. She is also survived by a vast extended family: Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church family, McMillon’s, Haynes, Jacksons, Keiths, Mullins and Jackson families.
Ms. Pat was preceded in death by her husband, Sylvester Charles Mays; parents, Willie and Willa Singleton; great grandmother, Eugenia McKibbins Bradford; son, Anthony Charles Mays; great grandson, Jamarie Mays, Three sisters and Brothers in Law; Evelyn (Augustus) Rollins, Idella (Ancel) J. Byrd, and Jeanelle (John) Motz; one sister-in-law and brother-in-law; Stella (Harrison) Mays-Lewis; great nephew, Onyx Reeves; mother and father-in-law, Charles and Georgia Mays; sister friend, Camille Holley and goddaughter, Anitra Beavers, two nieces, Gwendolyn Jackson and Joyce Holley.
The family would like to express special thanks to: The Staff of Medilodge of Grand Blanc; Jerry and Mary Fruh for all of the house repairs and improvements; Jennifer Pushong and Tammey Ezell for being more than health care aides and becoming family. And her Sunday Morning Church chauffeur, Bro. Robert Marshall.
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