SPC Keith L. Mays Jr.

November 5, 1997 - October 27, 2019

McDonough Chapel KEITH LAMONICA MAYS, JR., BEGAN HIS LIFE ON NOVEMBER 5, 1997. HE WAS THE SON OF ZINA MAYS AND THE LATE KEITH LAMONICA PIPPINS SR. HE DEPARTED HIS LIFE ON OCTOBER 27, 2019 IN HONOLULU HAWAII. KEITH ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE. HE WAS EDUCATED IN THE HENRY COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING, FOOTBALL, TAEKWONDO AND THE SCHOOL BAND. HE GRADUATED FROM STOCKBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2016. KEITH’S DREAM WAS TO JOIN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO PROTECT HIS COUNTRY. FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL, KEITH JOINED THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN 2016. HIS BASIC TRAINING WAS IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - FORT JACKSON. HE WAS STATIONED IN PETERSBURGH, VIRGINA AND LATER HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO KAISERSLAUTERN, GERMANY FOR 2 ½ YEARS WHERE HE WAS PROMOTED TO SPECIALIST 1ST CLASS TO THE 25TH DIVISION SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE AND WAS STATIONED AT SCHOFIELD ARMY BASE IN HONOLULU, HAWAII, A SCHOFIELD BARRACKS-BASED SOLDIER. KEITH WAS VERY FRIENDLY AND HAD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SMILE YOU WOULD EVER SEE. KEITH ENJOYED FAMILY GATHERINGS AND GOOD SOUL FOOD, ESPECIALLY MAC & CHEESE. KEITH LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS PRECIOUS MEMORIES; HIS MOTHER, ZINA MAYS; ODELL BOYD; HIS SISTER, GABBRIELLE MCLENDON; HIS BROTHERS, JAMARQUIS SUMMERVILLE; JAMIE BOYD, AND ODELL COBB; GRANDPARENTS, WILLIE ANN STALLS MAYS (ANDREW); RUTH PIPPINS; THE BOYD, MAYS, PIPPINS AND STALLS FAMILIES; A HOST OF LOVING AUNTS, UNCLES, NIECES, NEPHEWS, RELATIVES AND DEAR FRIENDS.