Jimmy Luther Mays
Jimmy Luther Mays went to be with his Lord and Savior on Dec. 27, 2020, surrounded by his family.
Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020 at Grimes Funeral Chapels. Services will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020 at Riverside Church of Christ with interment following at Garden of Memories Cemetery.
Jimmy was born Oct. 25, 1944 in Big Spring, Texas, to Romy and Nora Lee Mays. He married the love of his life, Dorinda Kay Medford Mays on March 14, 1964.
They moved to the Houston area where he worked for NASA and received recognition for his contribution toward the success of the Apollo 11 Mission. He went on to work for Cosden Oil and then later Fina Oil. He continued to pursue new endeavors and moved his family to Huntington Beach, California. This move would eventually change his focus from Oil industry to the plastics industry. He worked with the plastics industry pioneer Al Wallace, to develop the manufacturing process to produ