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I ran track against him in the 10th grade when he was a senior, what a great athlete he was and he didn't act like he had a big ego either. Seemed like a class act to me.

A cousin of mine new him well and we all went to his dad's (Elmo Mayes) home in Harrogate,Tn. His dad had a timber wolf for a pet. We would stand on his porch and throw raw hamburger meat to it in yard. Tony was a good guy. I wonder how he is doing now? I know his father passed away several years back. So I did get to know him but I haven't seen or ran into him in a long time. There was a kid that played ball for Bellevue about the time they closed and his name was Tony Mayes and I wondered if it was his son.