Obituary of Joseph Cooley May, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, 1963
Source: Caldwell Watchman-Progress
Submitted by Doug McBroom,15520 Swan Lake Blvd, Gulfport MS 39503
doug324@aol.com
2/20/00


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paper:  The Caldwell Watchman-Progress
date:  August 8, 1963
headline:  J. Cooley May Succumbs on Last Saturday

Joseph Cooley May, 74, of Grayson, died early Saturday morning in an 
Alexandria hospital after an illness of several years.

Funeral services were at 2:30 pm Sunday in the Grayson Baptist Church with 
the Rev. Don Roberts, pastor, officiating.

Burial followed in the Hickory Springs Cemetery, under the direction of Riser 
and Son Funeral Home of Columbia.

A retired motor patrol operator for the state highway department, Mr May was 
lifelong resident of Caldwell Parish.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs Nola K. May of Grayson; three daughters, Mrs 
R.C. Griffith of Monroe, Mrs JT. Rasbery of Alexandria, and Mrs Clifton Webb, 
Shreveport; six sons, Bernard May, Monroe; Herman May, Vicksburg; Earl May, 
Pineville, Mitchell May Shreveport, Lt Billy May, Marion, Ala., and Lawrence 
May, California; two brothers, Dudley and Elmo May, both of Ward nine; two 
isters, Mrs Aden Simpson of Springhill and Mrs Onie Harper, Bloomfield NJ; 
and 13 grandchildren.

Doug McBroom
15520 Swan Lake Blvd
Gulfport MS 39503
doug324@aol.com

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