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Lee A. Dumas
January 19, 2008
Lee A. Dumas, 45, Port Orange, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held Saturday, January 26, at 10 a.m. at Crossroads Baptist Church, 1851 S. Clyde Morris Blvd, Daytona Beach. Lee was born in Dover, N.J., and moved to Daytona Beach as a young child. He received his Bachelor's and Master's Degree from the University of Central Florida and was current Chair of the Volusia/Flagler Alumni Association. A passionate fan of college and pro football, Lee held season tickets at UCF for many years. He was a driving force behind the Annual Golf Tournament to fund college scholarships for area students. Lee spent his career in management and human resources and truly enjoyed working with people. He worked for Sears Roebuck and Company for 18 years in many capacities and managed the Automotive Unit for nine years. After earning his Master's Degree he worked for Universal Designs in DeLand as the Director of Human Resources. Throughout his life Lee felt that his greatest contribution was being a positive role model and mentor to others. He was active in numerous civic organizations and was always eager to lend his energies to a worthy cause. Believing that sports build character, he spent many years coaching flag football in Ormond Beach and Little League baseball in Port Orange and South Daytona. Lee was very active at Crossroads Baptist Church, where he taught a Teen Life group and portrayed a priest in the annual Walk Through Bethlehem Christmas program. An avid golfer, Lee took his politics seriously, always enjoying a good debate. Lee is survived by his wife of 23 years, Darla; father, Jack Dumas; brother, Jeff Dumas, all of Daytona Beach; sister, Terry Roth (Larry), Orange Park; and four very special pets. He was predeceased by his mother, Edith Dumas. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society or a no-kill animal shelter. Dale Woodward Funeral Home, Holly Hill, is in charge of arrangements.
Published in the Daytona Beach News-Journal on 1/24/2008.
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Anita P. Mayo Bell
January 20, 2006
Anita Patrice Mayo-Bell passed away on January 20, 2006, at the Hospice Care Center following a long bout with breast cancer. A memorial service to celebrate her life and homegoing will held at 11:00 a.m. at Greater Friendship Baptist Church, 539 George W. Engram Blvd., Daytona Beach, with Bishop Derek T. Triplett eulogizing, and Rev. Dr. Victor E. Gooden, officiating. Ms. Mayo- Bell, a native of Daytona Beach, attended Campbell Jr. High and Spruce Creek High, where she was active in sports, cheerleading, and dance corps. She attended Florida A&M University's School of Pharmacy, and graduated from Bethune Cookman College with a degree in Biology. She was one of the founding members of BCC's acclaimed 14-Karat Gold Dancers. At the time of her death, Ms. Mayo-Bell was an ESE teacher at Campbell Middle School, where she was well-loved by her students. She was a member of Hope Fellowship Church, and the church's Hospitality Committee. An avid sports fan, who this past year attended the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament in Flushing Meadow, NY, Ms. Mayo-Bell was a fixture at Jacksonville Jaguar football games, B-CC sporting events, and the football games of her sons who attended Warner Christian Academy and Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, NC). She enjoyed spending time with her sister Annette and watching her kids interact with their cousins, Darren and Jessica Darrianna. Ms. Mayo-Bell got to see much of the United States during her long bout with cancer, traveling throughout the country with her fiancee. She loved her travels to Boston and Hartford to visit her niece Christina, nephews Christopher and Haven, and her sisters Jacquelyn and Teesia. From time-to-time, she and her mother would travel to different parts of Florida to see Grady Jr. in jury trials. The Mayo-Bell home on Shangri-La Drive, a familiar meeting place for school-age friends of her sons and her daughter, was known for its abundance of hugs, "love yous", and dinner for everyone. She was unselfish in her giving, and children, no matter whether hers or someone else's, always came first. Survivors include her fiancee Mikel Brown, Barnwell, SC; one daughter, Taylour Delaney Bell, Daytona Beach; three sons, Dedrick James Mayo, Bernard Hawk II, and Errand Eugene Bell, Daytona Beach; one "adopted" son, Jamar Irvin, Daytona Beach; dear mother, Jessie WaltonWoodard, who she often prayed with, and stepfather and devoted friend, James A. "Poppy" "Woody" Woodard, Jr.; loving father, John Frank Mayo, who made any sacrifice for her, and stepmother, Francena Mayo Waters, Lake City, FL; and caring "adopted" father, Grady C. Irvin, Sr., Daytona Beach; five sisters, Teesia (Kenneth) Williams, Windsor, CT, Johneva Annette (Darren) Christopher, Port Orange, Jacquelyn Marie Woodard, Brockton, MA, and Shaune Mayo-Andrews, Jacksonville; four brothers, Grady C. Irvin, Jr., Esq., Tampa, Marvin Mayo, Clermont, Robin Mayo, Clermont, and Paul Hollie, Lake City; maternal grandmother Georgia Harris, St. Petersburg, FL; and paternal grandmother, Estella Mayo, Lake City, FL. Additional survivors include aunts Taryn Walton Hemmingway, LeEtta Walton Bostick, Mamie Mayo Allen, Queen Mayo Dottin, Estella Mayo Fox, Mayola Mayo Robinson, Leola Mayo Walden, Annie Mae Mayo Roberson, Virginia Mayo, and Rosa Lee Mayo Saulsby; uncles Glenn Walton, Walter Mayo, Ernest Mayo, Albert Mayo, Freddie Mayo, Ricky Mayo, Jessie Mayo, Henry Mayo, and Earl Mayo; maternal great aunts Norris Gamble, Johnnie Mae Bradley, and Sammie Jean Daughtrey; a host of cousins, including, but not limited to, Valeria Jerry, Lillian Brown, Edith Walton, Bruce Walton, Donald Smith, Heiress Garvin, Pedro Gamble, Cathy Washington, Charlene Robinson Gooden, Tonya Bradley, Theodore Bradley, Jr., and Audrey Daughtrey Means. In addition to Saturday's funeral services at Greater Friendship, a public viewing and pictorial display will be Friday, January 27, from 5 to 9 p.m., at Hope Fellowship Church, 869 Derbyshire Road, Daytona Beach. The Anita P. Mayo Scholarship Foundation has been established, c/o Irvin Law Firm LLC, 1207 N. Himes Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33607. Arrangements and care are entrusted to Herbert Thompson Funeral Home. (Notice contributed by Fonda Hancock)
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