Charles E. Mayfield, Wellington

Charles Edwin Mayfield, 81, of Wellington, died Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, at Lafayette Regional Health Center in Lexington.

He was born May 13, 1926, in Nelson, a son of Cecil B. and Mary C. Copeland Mayfield. On Sept. 7, 1946, he was married to Nellie M. Slater, who survives of the home.

He was a Navy veteran. He was a laborer at General Motors Leads Plant in Kansas City. He retired in 1978, after 30 years of service. He was a past member of the United Auto Workers, Local 93, and R-9 Booster Club of Wellington.

Also surviving are four daughters, Teresa Ann Olson, of Lincoln, Donna Lynn Ryun and Rebecca Diane White, both of Wellington, and Stephanie Jill Keehn, of Warsaw; a sister, Bettye Hadley, of North Kansas City; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

He was predeceased by a brother, William Eugene Mayfield; and a sister, Mary Jane Brown.

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville, with the Rev. Jill Daniels officiating.

Arrangements are under the direction of Kolkmeyer Family Funeral Home in Wellington.

The family suggests memorial contributions to the Disabled Veterans Association, in care of the funeral home.