Chandra Mays

Chandra Mays was a 29-year-old woman from Memphis whose life mattered to family, friends and the community around her. Public records and contemporary news reporting identify her as a young woman living in the Memphis area when she died on January 1, 2018. Though official personal details such as birthplace, employment, or schooling were not publicly reported in a family-published obituary, the available record affirms that Chandra was known to those closest to her and that her death left a gap for people who cared about her.

Contemporary reporting notes that deputies located Chandra on Ragan Farm Drive in Shelby County in the early hours of January 1, 2018, and that investigators later classified her death as a homicide linked to a domestic-related incident. A suspect was later charged in connection with the killing. Those facts are included here only to provide context for the public record; they do not capture who Chandra was as a person.

Because there is no widely published, family-authorized obituary matching the exact date of death available in the public record, what we can say with confidence is limited to documented facts: Chandra’s name, age, city (Memphis), and the verified date of her passing. That restraint reflects respect for the family’s voice and for Chandra’s privacy. Even with modest public detail, it is clear she was a real person whose life had value beyond headlines.

For those who knew and loved her, memories of ordinary things — a laugh, a favorite song, time spent with family, or hopes for the future — will carry her forward. This page honors Chandra by centering her identity rather than the circumstances of her death, and by acknowledging that behind every public record is a person missed by people who mattered most to them. May those who keep her memory find comfort and dignity in recalling the life she lived.