Henderson, TN: Rayford Fowler Mayfield, age 59, passed away October 24, 2010 at the Chester County Healthcare after suffering a long illness with a maligment brain tumor. His wife and close family took care of him at home for 15 months before he entered the nursing home where he only lived 12 days.
He was born and reared in Chester County, the son of Martha Sue “Jean†Fowler Mayfield and the late Homer Mayfield. He graduated from Chester County High School in 1970. Rayford started his working career for Pepsi Cola then later began working for the City of Jackson and became shop superintendent over vehicle maintenance. He retired with the City of Jackson after 33 years of service. Rayford worked two jobs most of his life. Rayford was preceded in death by the late Kay Cherry Mayfield and is survived by his wife Carolyn Farrow Mayfield, mother, Martha Sue “Jean†Mayfield, sister-in-law, Virginia Mayfield and two daughters, Jeanna Cupples and husband Ben and Brandi Whitman and husband, Jeremy; two stepsons, Chris Ward and Nathan Ward and wife Amy and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father and a brother, Harold Renard Mayfield.