Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....May, Judge Lewis W December 12, 2006
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Elizabethton Star  December 13, 2006
Judge Lewis W. May 





    Judge Lewis W. May, 85, 779 Circle Drive, Mountain City, passed away on 

Tuesday, December 12, 2006, at Mountain City Care Center following an extended 

illness. 





    He was born on March 4, 1921 in Yoakum, Texas, a son of the late Mr. and 

Mrs. Lewis May Sr. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his 

wife, Jean (Conner) May, who passed away in 1998, and two brothers, Cecil May 

and Vernon May. 





    Judge May was a retired Circuit Court Judge of the 1st Judicial District 

of Tennessee and had continued working at his private practice until his 

retirement in 2005. He was a former Mayor of Mountain City and was a former 

District Attorney for 16 years. 





    He was a member of the Taylorsville Masonic Lodge #243 F&AM and the 

American Legion Post #79 and had also served for the Gideons International. He 

was a World War II Army Veteran and had also served in the Merchant Marines 

following his service in the Army. 





    Judge May was a member of the Mountain City Presbyterian Church, where he 

had served as Elder and was also a former Sunday School teacher for a number 

of years. 





    Judge May is survived by one son, Lewis May III, of Gray; special friends, 

Beverly Potter and Theona McQueen, both of Mountain City; several nieces and 

nephews; and many, many special friends. 





    Funeral services for Judge May will be conducted at 7 p.m. Thursday, 

December 14, from the Charles B. Hux Memorial Chapel of Hux-Lipford Funeral 

Home with Rev. Warren Stewart and Rev. Jim Swoager officiating. Music will be 

under the direction of Ms. Sherry Tester and Ms. Mary Hawkins. The family will 

receive friends in the funeral chapel from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, prior to the 

services. Graveside services and Military Honors will be conducted at 11 a.m. 

Friday, December 15, at Sunset Memorial Park, Mountain City, and will be 

accorded by the Johnson County Honor Guard. Active pallbearers will be Thurl 

Potter Jr., Joe Atwood, Jim Moody, Sonny Stout and the men of Mountain City 

Presbyterian Church. Honorary pallbearers are Tom Grayson, Dr. Floyd Barker, 

Fred Phillips and 1st Judicial District Judges. Those who wish to attend the 

graveside services are asked to assemble at the cemetery by 10:45 a.m. Friday. 

Memorials may be made to World Vision, P.O. Box 9716, Federal Way, WA 98063-

9716; or visit www.WorldVision.org and Mountain City Presbyterian Church, 517 

Fairground Lane, Mountain City, TN 37683. Condolences may be sent to the 

family through our Web site at www.hux-lipford.com. 





    Arrangements for the May Family are in the care of Hux-Lipford Funeral 

Home of Mountain City (423) 727-9221. 





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