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ROGERS CITY — For the better part of 25 years, the Carl D. Bradley was called the “Queen of the Lakes” as the Great Lakes’ longest and largest freighter

From the Associated Press — A memorial Mass has been held in northern Michigan for the last remaining survivor of a Lake Michigan shipwreck that killed 33 people in 1958. Frank Mays was one of two people who survived the sinking of the Carl D. Bradley. The freighter was on its way to Rogers City, Michigan, to pick up a load before the shipping season ended. The 89-year-old Mays died on January 7 in Zephyrhills, Florida, but a memorial Mass was held Monday in Rogers City, his hometown. In 2018, Mays spoke at a Detroit museum, recalling how he and Elmer Fleming survived after the Bradley spli...

Courtesy Photo Frank Mays is pictured in this photo provided by Beck Funeral Home. ALPENA — Frank Mays, the last living survivor of the 1958 wreck of the Carl D. Bradley, died on Thursday. Originally from Rogers City, Mays was one of two people to survive the sinking of the Bradley, a self-unloading bulk freighter that split in two and sank during a storm on Nov. 18, 1958 about 12 miles south of Gull Island on Lake Michigan. The 89-year-old died at Advent Health Hospital in Zephyrhills, Florida, according to his obituary. Mays moved to Florida in 1982 and lived in Dade City. “Coming s...