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John Ephraim Mayo Collection

John Ephraim Mayo Sr. was born on May 1, 1887 to Ellen Bass and Aaron Mayo in Lavaca County, Texas, and he graduated from Prairie View College in 1912. On January 30, 1915, he married Pearl Haynes in Lavaca County, and the couple had a son, John Wesley Mayo. He taught school in the Lavaca County school system for 14 years, and he served the Cooperative Extension Service in Hallettsville for 28 years until 1952. He served as Lavaca County agent from 1924-1928, Guadalupe County from 1928-1932, and Lavaca County again from 1932-1945. He was the oldest county agent in the service at the time of his retirement in 1952. He died in 1985 at age 98, and he was buried in the City Willing Workers Cemetery in Hallettsville, Texas. You can also visit the PVAMU Faculty & Administrators Finding Aid PV Panther Project website https://pvpantherproject.com/project/john-ephraim-mayo-papers/

Submissions from 1952 1952

Co-Operative Extension Work - April 1952, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - January 1952, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - June 1952, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - March 1952, Prairie View A&M College

Submissions from 1951 1951

Co-Operative Extension Work - December 1951, Prairie View A&M College

Submissions from 1950 1950

Co-Operative Extension Work - April 1950, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - April 1950, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - August 1950, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - February 1950, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - January 1950, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - July 1950, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - June 1950, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - March 1950, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - March 1950, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - October 1950, Prairie View A&M College

Submissions from 1949 1949

Co-Operative Extension Work - April 1949, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - August 1949, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - August 1949, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - January 1949, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - January 1949, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - June 1949, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - May 1949, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - November 1949, Prairie View A&M College

Co-Operative Extension Work - September 1949, Prairie View A&M College

Submissions from 1948 1948

Cooperative Extension Work - December 1948, Prairie View A&M College

Submissions from 1947 1947

Cooperative Extension Work - October 1947, Prairie View A&M College

Submissions from 1942 1942

Cooperative Extension Work - January 1942, Prairie View A&M College