The Indianapolis Recorder has released the arrangements for Hoosier entrepreneurial legend, and Recorder Publisher/CEO, William “Bill” Mays. Viewings will be held on Thursday,  Dec. 11, from 3-8 p.m. and again on Friday morning Dec. 12, from 9:30-10:45 a.m. Funeral services will be Friday, Dec. 12 at 11 a.m. All will take place at Eastern Star […]

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William G. (Bill) Mays, owner and founder of Mays Chemical Company, died Thursday, December 4, 2014. The Evansville native passed away in Indianapolis on his…

William G. Mays, owner and founder of Mays Chemical Company, died Thursday December 4, 2014. The Evansville native passed away in Indianapolis, IN on his 69th birthday. From Heather: “Dad was a wonderful man who positively impacted so many people’s lives. To the community he was an astute businessman, but to us he was a […]

William G. (Bill) Mays, owner and founder of Mays Chemical Company, died Thursday December 4, 2014. The Evansville native passed away in Indianapolis on his 69th birthday. Bill Mays, was a true entrepreneur and in the last third of the 20th Century Mays became Indiana’s most successful Black businessman. Mays established Mays Chemical in 1980 […]