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Submitted: 3/5/21 • Approved: 3/5/21 • Last Updated: 3/8/21 • R394550-G394548-S3
John A.
1910-1984
Carrie M.
1913-2000
Married February 5, 1936
Sons: Troy and Roy
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Photo, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
Obituary for John
(Published in Borger News Herald, January 23, 1984)
John Anderson May, 73, of 505 Buckboard St. in Fritch, died Saturday at his home.
Services are pending with Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors.
Mr. May was a retired employee of the J.M. Huber Corp. A native of Scottsboro, Ala., he was a Fritch resident for 39 years.
He was a member of the Faith Baptist Church. He married Carrie Mae Grace Feb. 5, 1936 in Soper, Okla.
Mr. May is survived by his wife; two sons, Troy of Skellytown, and Roy of Stinnett; two brothers, Rosco of Paris and Alvis of Panhandle; a sister, Mrs. Edith Lowrance of Soper; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
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Obituary for Carrie
Published in Borger News Herald, May 26, 2000)
STINNETT - Carrie M. May, 86, died Thursday, May 25 in Stinnett.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Stinnett with Rev. Orville Rogers, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in "The Garden of Devotion" at Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mrs. May was born in Soper, Okla. and had been a Borger resident since 1945. She married John A. May on Feb. 5, 1936 in Soper, Okla. She was a homemaker and member of Victory Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John May, in 1984 and a grandson, Roy Neal May and by three brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include two sons, Troy Anderson May of Skellytown and Roy Lee May of Stinnett; two brothers, Walter Grace of Duncan, Okla. and Floyd Grace of Florida; one sister, Lorene Dorothy O'Gorman of Stinnett; five grandchildren, Ken May, Troyce Snider, Stephen May, Carla Drennan and Rita Sanderson and 10 great-grandchildren.
The family will be staying at 200 S. McKenzie in Stinnett. Memorials may be made to BSA Hospice.
Contributed on 3/5/21 by neldapat
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