Laura Frances Mayo

Mrs. Laura Frances Sullivan Mayo, 88, of Ft. Pierce, FL and formerly of Frederick, MD, passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2020. She was the loving wife of the late Joseph G. Mayo, who died on November 16, 2012. She was born on August 14, 1931, in Pike Road, Alabama, a daughter of the late Horace J. and Elizabeth Milligan Sullivan. Laura Frances began teaching at Berry High School, in Birmingham, Alabama. After six years she moved to Maryland where she taught school for Frederick County at Catoctin High School and also at the Frederick Community College. She loved working in her flower gardens around her home, and enjoyed vacations at Panama City, Florida. Surviving are her three children; Lieser Hicks and husband Dave, of Ft. Pierce, Dave Mayo and wife Nancy and William Mayo, all of Frederick, three siblings, Emily Hardwick, of FL and Julia Logue of Georgia and Jim Sullivan, of Alabama, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by siblings, Kathleen Gerald, Howard Sullivan, Margaret Gilbert, and Becky Starr. She will be fondly remembered by her close friends Susan Boyne, and Becky Yankowski. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m., on Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick. Rev. John Culbertson, will officiate. Those wishing to attend should assemble within the main gate of the cemetery, by 12:45 PM. Online condolences may be shared at www.keeneybasford.com. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Treasure Coast Hospice, 5000 NW Dunn Road, Ft. Pierce, FL 34981.