Vedo Mayhall

Private graveside services for Vera Marie "Vedo" Mayhall, 99, of Dallas, TX, formerly of Ada are 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at Rosedale Cemetery.

Mrs. Mayhall passed away Thursday, September 10, 2020 at a Dallas, TX nursing home. She was born in Ardmore, OK on January 30, 1921 to Moss Phillip and Nell Coweta Patterson. She had two older sisters, Mary Nell and Dorothy. Her family moved to McAlester soon after and then moved to Oklahoma City. She graduated from Classen High School in Oklahoma City and attended a women's college in Maryland. She returned to Oklahoma to attend the University of Oklahoma.

She met the love of her life, Carl Leon Mayhall, Jr. and was married on November 28, 1941. After Pearl Harbor, her husband Carl was called into the Army. During that time, their 1 ^st child was born. Upon completion of military service, the family moved to Ada where son Paul and daughter Patricia were born. She became known as "Vedo" and they had an active life. After Carl retired, they loved to travel and did so extensively. Carl died August 15, 1996. Vedo remained in her home in Ada until 2014 when she moved to Dallas to a long term care facility closer to family. She always had a smile on her face and will be missed by all who loved her.

She is survived by sons, Carl Moss and wife Kathy, Paul and wife Kate, and daughter Patricia and husband Rob. She leaves behind three grandchildren, Kristen McCaig, Stephanie Smith and Hilary Mayhall; and four great-grandchildren, Alex and Zoe Smith and Moss and Shawn McCaig.