Family Group Sheet


Name Granville Mays
Birth 10 Jun 1864, Breathitt Co., Kentucky
Death 8 Sep 1946, Sharpsburg, Bath Co., Kentucky
Father Henley S. "Hent" Mays (1837-)
Mother Mary Ann "Pop" Bryant (~1842-)
Other spouses Mary Henry
Marriage 18 Dec 1939, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Nancy Jane Petitt, GG Aunt
Birth 14 Sep 1864, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 2 Sep 1959, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Burial Williams Cem., Elliottville, Rowan Co., KY
Father Preston ("Pressie") Pettit (1837-1907)
Mother Mary Susan Riddle (1839-1916)
Other spouses Jesse H. Cornett
Rev. W. Jerry Fletcher
Andrew J. Sparks
Notes for Granville Mays
The index to Kentucky death records lists Granville Mays, died 8 Sep 1946 in Bath Co., residence same, age 82, certificate Vol. 38, #18609.
Notes for Nancy Jane Petitt
After Jesse's death, Nancy Jane married three more times, first to Rev. W. Jerry Fletcher, then to Granville Mays, and finally to Andrew Sparks, at age 90. She is pictured twice in the 1956 Centennial Edition of the Morehead News, identified as Nancy Jane Sparks, age 91, with husband Andrew Sparks, 81.

Her death certificate (Vol. 41, #20362) lists Nancy Sparks, d. 2 Sep 1959, age 94, in Rowan Co. Her marital status is given as married, but the form no longer has a space for name of spouse. Her birthdate is given as 14 Sept 1864, her father's name as Presley Petitt, mother Mary Riddle, informant Ted Cornette (son). Cause of death is hepatic hemorrhage. Burial in Williams Cemetery.
Notes for Granville & Nancy Jane (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage book 46, p. 72, records marriage on 18 Dec 1939 f Granville Mays, 75, widowed, b. Breathitt Co., s/o Hent & Pop Mays and Nancy Jane Fletcher, 75, widowed, b. Rowan Co., d/o Press & Mary Pettitt, at Elliottville by I. E. Pelfrey, witnesses Vesta Fultz and Nauh Bauling (sic).
Last Modified 19 May 1999 Created 30 Jun 2002 by Reunion for Macintosh