Denis Ray Mayo | Eastern NC Now

Mr. Denis Ray Mayo, age 64, a resident of Blounts Creek, NC died Saturday December 2, 2023, at ECU Medical Center in Greenville.

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    Mr. Denis Ray Mayo, age 64, a resident of Blounts Creek, NC died Saturday December 2, 2023, at ECU Medical Center in Greenville.

    A celebration of life to remember Denis will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday December 9, 2023, for family and friends. The celebration will be held at Smyrna Free Will Baptist Church. A burial will be held privately for the family.

    Denis was born in Craven County on October 28, 1959, son of Samuel Keith Mayo and Sandra Kay Toler Mayo. He was a 1977 graduate of New Bern High School and continued his education at Craven County Community College.

    On August 29, 2007, he married the former JoAnn Wilson who survives. Mr. Mayo retired from DSM, of Greenville. He loved photography, fishing, cars, fixing cars, and music.

    Surviving along with his wife of the home and parents of Blounts Creek are his children: Eric Mayo of Wilson, Rhiannon Brown and her husband Matthew of River Bend, Jennifer Rowe and her husband Rod Schultz of San Franscico, CA, and Vonda Wiseman and her husband Bill of Greenville; brothers: Paul "Doug" Mayo and his wife Janice of Blounts Creek and William "Greg" Mayo and his wife Melissa of Raleigh; grandchildren: Caden, Ella, Max, Sadie, Anna, Griffin, Sam, Lucy, and Lincoln; and a lifelong friend: Lon Lewis of New Bern. Denis was predeceased by a brother: Stephen Mayo.

    In lieu of flowers the family kindly asks that memorial contributions be made to American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 11796, Charlotte, NC 28220 or to Smyrna Free Will Baptist Church, P.O. Box 77, Blounts Creek, NC 27814.

    Online condolences may be offered to the family by visiting www.paulfuneralhome.com

    Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington is honored to serve the Mayo family.
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