Icy road conditions that the Mays experienced on Feb. 2. Photo courtesy of Wayne May.
By Harley Nefe
Wayne May and Shirleyann May’s first vacation as a married couple did not go as expected when they got stuck on an ice-covered gravel mountain road in their motorhome in the middle of the night during 16-degree weather and 50 mph wind gusts in Todd on Feb. 2. However, they both said their lives were saved by Jason Miller, an employee of Hampton’s Body Shop, Inc. in Boone.
Wayne and Shirleyann are from Middleburg, Florida, which is about 20 miles south of Jacksonville. They have been married for less than a year as their anniversary falls on May 28. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they said it’s been rough and they haven’t been able to travel together like they would like to. All that was to change as they planned their first vacation spending a week together with their dog at…
