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| spouse =Lois Kingsberry Mayes
| parents =James and Jennie Mayes
| children =Howard Lee Mayes<br/>Charles Albert Mayes<br/>Margarita Mayes<br/>William K. Mayes
}}
'''Frank L. Mayes''' was the longtime editor, and later owner, of the ''[[Pensacola Journal]]''.
In [[1906]] Mayes served as president of the [[Pensacola Chamber of Commerce]]. Mayes was a member of several social organizations, including the [[Osceola Club]], the [[Knights of Pythias]], and the [[Knights of the Macabees]].
On September 3, 1911, accompanied by physician Dr. S. R. Mallory Kennedy (an accomplished long-distance and speed driver), and friends F. C. Brent, Jr. and A. M. Avery, Jr., Mayes left Pensacola on an 1149-mile "pathfinding" automobile trip to Chicago, IL. Funded by the Pensacola Commercial Club, Mayes wanted to attend the National Good Roads Federation conference in Chicago. His real purpose, however, was to publicize Pensacola as a tourist destination as well as to map for the AAA Blue Book (the premier road guide in the US at the time) the first motorcar route between Pensacola and Birmingham, AL. The party took 76 hours over 9 days to complete the trip through Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois, arriving in Chicago "with Pensacola air in the tires."
==Death==
Mayes died on [[February 1]], [[1915]], in Pensacola. Listed cause of death was Facial Erysipelas complicated with Pleurisy. This was derived from an infected cut from a visit to the barber. Approximately 13 years later, the penicillin would be discovered that could have saved him. At the time of his death, he was also part owner of the ''Meridian Dispatch'', a newspaper in Mississippi.
==References==
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[[Category:Pensacola Journal|Mayes, Frank L.]] [[Category:People buried in St. John's Cemetery|Mayes, Frank L.]]
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107601663/franklin-l-mayes
