Wanda Sue Duke Mays

Wanda Sue Duke Mays, 81, passed away after a brief illness on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at Garden Park Nursing Center in Shreveport. Visitation will be held on Saturday, December 17, 2022, from 10 to 11 a.m. at Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston.

A graveside service at 1 p.m, officiated by Rev. James Skinner, will follow at Western Cemetery in Walkerville, Arkansas.

Mrs. Mays was a resident of Ruston for over 50 years. She was born in Springhill in 1941 and graduated from Louisiana Tech University with a degree in Mathematics. She was a brilliant and dedicated high school math teacher for over 30 years at Cedar Creek High School, Ruston High School, and several other schools in the area.

She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church for most of her adult life. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, reading, playing bridge, and entertaining family and friends.

Mrs. Mays was preceded in death by her parents, Jimmy and Leo Duke of Springhill.

She is survived by her husband, James Raymond Mays, with whom she had celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in August 2022.

Other survivors include son, Dr. John Mays and his wife Lori, of Shreveport, and son, Andrew Mays and his wife Julie, of Ruston; five grandchildren, Madeline Mays, Isabelle Mays, Rebecca Mays, Cason Mays, and Samantha Mays; brother, Darrell Duke and his wife Kathy, of Monroe; and nieces, Laurie Duke and Dana Caldwell and family.

Pallbearers will be Cason Mays, William Nettles, George Parkman, Allen Herbert, James Davison, and Jerry Darnell. The family would like to thank the staff at Garden Park for their constant, compassionate care of our mother. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be sent to Louisiana Center for the Blind in Ruston, Louisiana.

Online condolences may be extended to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhones.com.