About

In the early 1950's, Beatrice and Larkey Mays Sr. began the New Years Day

Family and Friends dinner at their home on Moss Mill Road in Egg Harbor

City, New Jersey. Family and friends from all over the country, visiting for the

holidays looked forward to this annual New Years Day celebration, which

began with breakfast in the morning and ended with a grand dinner in the

evening. All day they celebrated, eating and rejoicing the New Year.

After the death of Beatrice Mays in 1965, her children Helen, Larkey Jr. and

Louise continued to host the annual New Year Day dinners in their homes. As

their families and friends continued to grow, they later hosted the annual New

Year Day dinners in area restaurants and catering halls.

In the year 1985, the Beatrice Mays Scholarship Fund was founded in her

honor. Her children and grandchildren remembered her excitement, and how

proud she was to hear that one of her oldest grandchildren was entering college.

She never lived to see her go off to college, but how proud she would be to know

that thirteen grandchildren and eleven great grand children and a host of other

relatives have attended or graduated from colleges and universities.

The Beatrice Mays Scholarship Fund has been blessed to include not only

descendants of Beatrice Mays, but others who are in need of help. We thank those who continue to contribute to our fund raising efforts. 

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