Obituary of Robert I. May, Sr., Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, 1962
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:  April 19, 1962
headline:  Aged Cotton Plant Citizen Buried Today

Robert I. May, Sr., of Ward 9 passed away on Tuesday, April 17, in a Columbia 
hospital after a short illness.  He was 91 years of age and one the oldest 
citizens of the parish.

Services were held at 2pm this afternoon at the Hickory Springs Baptist 
Church just over the Caldwell line in Jackson Parish, with the Rev. A. A. 
Calhoun of Columbia Heights in charge.

Interment followed in nearby cemetery under the direction of the Riser and 
Son Funeral Home of Columbia.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs Primrose May of Ward 9; thress sons:  Robert 
O. May, R.I. May and George E. May, all rsidents of the Cotton Plant 
community of Ward 9; six daughters: Mrs Mary Cole, Mrs Gladys Broom and Mrs 
Gertrude West all of Ward 9; Mrs Cassie McBroom of Kinder, Mrs Lorene Bell of 
West Monroe, Mrs Clifford Wells of Ruston; 13 grandchildren and 14 
great-grandchildren.

He is also survived by three brothers, D.M. May, president of the Caldwell 
Parish School Board and member of Ward 9; Elmore May, retired planter of Ward 
5, and J.C. May of near Grayson; two sisters: Mrs Dottie Simpson of Serepta 
and Mrs Ona Harper of Maryland.

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

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