Gene Warren Mayo, 80, of Buena Vista, died Monday, March 26, 2007.

He was born February 5, 1927 in Alleghany County, a son of the late Gene Warren Mayo, Sr. and Garnette Long Mayo.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Charles "Tuna" Lewis Mayo and a brother, Bernard "Bud" Mayo.

He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran.

Mr. Mayo is survived by his wife, Alice Moore Mayo; three sons: David Warren Mayo and wife, Pamela of Lexington; George Jackson Mayo and Carl Edwin Mayo and wife, Helen, all of Natural Bridge; two daugthers: Connie Lee Beverly and husband, Calvin of Newport News; and Angela Jeanette Hamilton of Buena Vista; four brothers: Clarence Mayo of Florida; Wayne Mayo of Natural Bridge; Clarence Mayo and James Mayo, both of Glasgow; four sisters: Teresa Webb of New Mexico; Frances France of Alabama; Wanda Reid of Natural Bridge; and Margaret Ann Moore of Maryland; seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 29, 2007 at the Bolling, Grose & Lotts Funeral Chapel with Rev. Randy Smith officiating. Intermnet will follow in the Green Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at the Bolling, Grose & Lotts Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Buena Vista, Virginia.