City of Oaks Funeral Home & Cremation
Obituary
Robert Mayton, Jr.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Age 84.
Died 07/05/2025.
Bobby received his B.S and M.S. degrees in Nuclear Engineering from NC State in 1963 and 1965 respectively. While a student at N C State, he joined the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity where he made many lifelong friends. While in college, he met and married the love of his life, Barbara, in 1964.
He and Barbara moved to Augusta, GA where Bobby had accepted a job as a Reactor Engineer with DuPont at the Savanna River Plant near Aiken SC.
In 1968, Bobby and Barbara returned to Raleigh when Bobby joined Carolina Power & Light Company as a Senior Engineer. Bobby held several positions with CP&L: Principal Engineer Nuclear Licensing, Manager Corporate Health Physics; and Principal Health Physicist. He was a member of the Health Physics Society, N.C. Health Physics Society, N.C. Society of Engineers, and the American Nuclear Society. After retiring from CP&L in 1989, he worked briefly with New York Life Ins. Co., Bryan Lee Funeral Home, and Ramey Kemp Assoc.
Bobby was a starting forward on the varsity basketball team at Broughton. He played guard for two years for the N. C. State basketball team coached by Everett Case. He also played Intramural basketball where he was awarded a first-place trophy in the Wildcard Division and was the Most Valuable Player in 1964. Bobby also enjoyed coaching. He coached his son’s recreational basketball team.
He loved playing and watching golf. In his spare time, he would be on the golf course with his “favorite foursome”. He won several trophies playing in member/guest tournaments at North Ridge Country Club. While living in Augusta, he attended the Master’s tournament twice. When he finally had to give up golf due to poor eyesight, he enjoyed watching golf and his favorite sports teams.
Bobby was very active in Open Table UMC, formerly Trinity UMC, where he grew up. He served as Chairperson of the Administrative Board, Finance Chairperson, and was on many committees. He worked with the youth and took them swimming and skiing. He also taught Adult Sunday School.
Bobby is survived by his wife of 61 years, Barbara Jayne Poteat Mayton, daughter Leslie Mayton Collier (Bill), son Robert Spencer Mayton (Sabrina), and two granddaughters Elena & Lily Mayton, sister Frances Mayton Scott (Roger) of Winston Salem, nephews, Dr. Christopher Scott (Cori) and Andrew Scott (Amy), cousins Diane Penny (Jack), Barbara Frazier (Bruce) and Sheryl Fries. Bobby was preceded in death by his parents Robert L. Mayton, Sr. and Helen Crews Mayton. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Alzheimer’s Research or Open Table UMC in memory of Bobby.
Visitation with the family will be at Open Table United UMC, Bloodworth St. on Sunday August 10 at 1:00, followed by a Memorial Service at 2:00.
For additional information or for service details, please reach out to the family directly.
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Nobody likes surprise costs added in at the last minute. We guarantee you will not find any hidden charges here. We include everything you need for a simple or direct cremation. Simple, affordable and reliable. We have not changed the cost of our direct cremation service since we opened City of Oaks in 2012.
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We offer the option of choosing how you receive your loved ones remains. Selecting our Direct Cremation with Solidified Remains option is a beautiful way to transform cremated remains into 40-60 “stones” that you can hold.
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City of Oaks Funeral Home and Cremation provides an affordable cremation with a private family viewing. A private family viewing allows up to 10 immediate family members or friends to spend time with a loved one when a public visitation is not preferred.
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An immediate burial has the same end result as a traditional burial; however, we have eliminated the extra (sometimes unnecessary) services prior to getting to the cemetery. Not everyone wants an open casket for viewing or a limousine for the family. Despite the term immediate, we can move as fast as you need or as slow as you like. This option simply allows you to save money by eliminating some of the fancy extras at the funeral home.
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We offer the same traditional funeral services as the big corporately owned funeral homes in the area; however, we cost about half the amount. You might consider a traditional funeral service if your family is looking for an open casket visitation, a traditional church service or a funeral service in the funeral home's chapel. A traditional funeral service can be altered to fit the needs of your family.
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This establishment is one of a select number of funeral homes who meet the criteria for providing green funeral service by the Green Burial Council; a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization working to encourage environmentally sustainability in the field of funeral service. Our Green options allow for a funeral to take place without the use of toxic and non-biodegradable materials/chemicals.
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As an alternative to traditional cremation, City of Oaks Funeral Home also offers Aquamation. The Aquamation process, often referred to as alkaline hydrolysis, uses a solution of water and potassium hydroxide to facilitate natural decomposition.