Mayse Wesley Holliday
June 23, 1938 — June 13, 2014
Mr. Mayse Wesley Holliday, 76 of Lake City, passed away on Friday, June 13, 2014 Shands at the University of Florida in Gainesville. He was the oldest of four children to the late Orian A. and Annette Bishop Holliday. Mr. Holliday was a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1957 and a veteran of the Florida National Guard. He retired from the Florida Department of Transportation as the Assistant District Materials Engineer with 35 years of employment. Mr. Holliday was a former member of the Lake City Masonic Lodge #27 and held various positions within the organization. He enjoyed traveling, woodworking and spending time with his family. He was preceded in death by one brother, Wayne Holliday.
Survivors include his wife, Betty C. Holliday, Lake City; two sons, Mayse W. (Lisa) Holliday, II, Lake City and Kenneth Holliday, Okinawa, Japan; two sisters, Edna Nell (John) Rau, Myrtle Beach, SC and Elizabeth (Kenny) Moore, Lake City; three grandchildren, Chelsea (Rodney) Watson, Ft. White and Tyler and Erika Holliday of Japan; his nephews and niece, Wayne Holliday, Randy Thomas, Penny Jarrard and Brad Johnson; and two close friends, R.E. Hall, Ft. White and Sandy Daniel, Jacksonville.
Private services will be held at a later date.