Jonah Mays

Jonah Mays (age: 60s) is the manager and cashier at the Speed Stop gas station in Devils Lake.

Personality
Jonah is curmudgeonly and prone to paranoid rants while ringing up his customers. Despite this, he is generally well liked by the citizens of the town, as he has been working at the Speed Stop for many years. One exception is Blake Kemp, who often mocks Jonah's way of speaking and insults him when he's not around. Jonah seems oblivious to Blake's mean-spiritedness. Ironically, Jonah seems to hold a grudge against Michael Sanders, despite the fact that Michael is always polite. In season 3, Jonah mentions to Karina Hernandez that he was considering becoming a professional football player before his war injury, suggesting that his animosity towards Michael may stem from envy over Michael's status as starting quarterback at Devils Lake High School.

Biography
Little is revealed about the events of Jonah's life prior to the series other than the fact that he was drafted into the Vietnam war and suffered a head injury in combat. He has a steel plate in his skull as a result of the injury. Based on his conversations with customers, Jonah appears to spend all of his free time obsessively poring over conspiracy message boards on the internet.

Death
Jonah is severely injured when the Golden Boy headbutts him in the chest near the end of season 3. After Suzy Tan escapes the Golden Boy, she calls 911 and tells them to send an ambulance to the Speed Stop. The ambulance brings him to Mercy Hospital where Doctor Nikita Sonin operates on him but is unable to save his life. Nurse Hope Conners weeps at his death, confronting Nikita about her apparent lack of emotion over the death of someone everyone in the town knew and loved. Nikita explains that she performed the surgery perfectly and therefore has no reason to feel bad, prompting Hope to call her a heartless monster.