Steven Mayer Sr.

Steven Mayer was born on December 6, 1965, in Jersey City, New Jersey as the tenth of ten children from the union of William David and Esther Sims-Mayer. Steven lived nearly the first six years of his life in Jersey City before the family relocated to the North Westside of Newark, New Jersey in early summer of 1971. He completed elementary school in Newark graduating from Alexander Street School. After elementary school, Steven attended and completed high school at Orange High in Orange, New Jersey in 1981. He participated in high school athletics and was a top city and county track and field sprinter. Steven also played two years of football at Orange High before solely committing to track and field. Steven planned to continue his joy for track and field with his acceptance of a track and field athletic scholarship from Virginia State University. However, his participation in track and field at the college level was shortened due to a severe medical condition that developed during his freshman year at Virginia State University. Following the medical scare, Steven returned home to Newark, New Jersey and adjusted his life plan. In April 1987 after Steven recalibrated his life plan his son Steven Mayer, Jr. was born. A couple years later in 1989 Steven began his educational pursuit of architectural design by enrolling in Essex County College in Newark, New Jersey. By 1991 Steven and Steve Jr relocated from New Jersey to Lithonia, Ga to live with mom. While working various jobs he picked back up his interest in architectural design in 1997 with his enrollment in Southern Polytechnical State University. Financial constraints slowed his pursuit of an architecture degree, but Steven eventually obtained the Bachelor of Science Degree in Construction Management from Technical Institute of Duluth, Ga in 2013. Starting in 1997 through 2022 Steven held employment positions in his educational field of interest as an entry level drafter and advanced to project manager. Steven also served as a drafting adjunct instructor at Chattahoochee Technical College in Marietta, Ga during 2006 and 2007. Steven never married but was a single parent of his only child, Steven Jr. Prior to his illness and associated complications, Steven was active in a few architectural professional organizations interested in assisting young architecture students with their planned professional development. As the baby of the family, Steven was affectionately nicknamed “Mugmug” by his older sister Sharon which became his family nickname throughout his early juvenile years. Steven transitioned April 30, 2024, at 11:45 pm in the hospice unit of MeSun Health Services located in Lawrenceville, Ga. He was preceded in death by his parents William David and Esther Sims-Mayer, older brothers David, Douglas and Craig, and sisters Delores Mayer-Roberts and Vicki, niece Jamila Mayer, and son Steven Jr. Steven is survived by siblings Pricilla Aiken, Sharon Smith, Sandra Patterson, Joanne Mayer and Michael, and many loving nieces and nephews located in several states along the east coast.

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Steven Mayer Sr.

December 6, 1965 - April 30, 2024