Family, friends open up about death of Councilman Eric Mays

a legendary figure in Flint remembered city councilman Eric Mays died on Saturday at the age of 65 today flags are flying at half staff in honor of the longtime face of the First Ward May's older sister tells tv5's James Felton that her brother leaves behind a legacy of helping people in Flint's First Ward and Beyond still kind of numb just hasn't really sunk in yet Veronica Simon is mourning the loss of her younger brother Eric Mays the Flint city councilman died Saturday he was 65 I met Simon

at Z's liquor Corner in Flint's First Ward it's a place that was always welcoming and open to Maize he was a big fan of the milk his handwriting can be seen by customers hoping to hit it big and the folks here tell me that Mae would come here almost every day and sit in this chair and they say no one will ever sit in that chair again when we didn't get him or didn't exactly know where he was was we come right up here to zoo and he'd be here Ronnie D who's been friends with maiz for more than 25

years shared his thoughts about the person he considered family we lost good a friend so I don't know what I say sorry for myself sorry for for his family sorry for the friends sorry for city of Flint as for Simon she says her brother was funny generous outspoken honest and sincere he had a passion for helping those in the First Ward and Beyond I've been with him lots of times and he gets phone calls from people in other ws and he'd help them he'd make phone calls for them whatever he could do f

or the city of Flint that was his mission Simon says she'll miss May's loud voice and laugh along with the craziness he brought to the family it's a family that could use your well- wishes tonight prayer for our strength that's the biggest thing that we would ask for James Felton w&m TV5 she tells us funeral arrangements for her brother are still being worked out the Flyn City Council meetings that were rescheduled for Thursday have been cancell