CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - John May, 27 Sep 2001
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John May

   John "Ed" May, 89, Pine Ridge Care Center, formerly of 143 Zeb 
Grindstaff Road, Elizabethton, died Thursday, September 27, 2001, at 
Sycamore Shoals Hospital following an extended illness.
   Mr. May was a native of Carter County and the son of the late James 
and Rebecca Crowe May. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Lillie 
Bell Grindstaff May, March 11, 1999, a son-in-law, Robert Mick, a brother, 
Frank May Sr., and four sisters, Virginia Morris, Nell Norris, Molly 
Munnerlyn and Julie May.
   Mr. May was a member of Hunter First Baptist Church. He was retired 
from North American Rayon Corporation after 40 years of service as a 
Coning Inspector.
   Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Billy and Judy May, 
Elizabethton; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Barbara Mick, 
Elizabethton, Patricia and Guy DiFranco, Tunis, Tunisia, and Ina and Joe 
Briggs, Elizabethton; and six grandchildren, Ruth Morelock, Johnson City, 
Brian Edward Briggs, Gaithersburg, Md., Bruce Mick, Elizabethton, Tonya 
Milam, Elizabethton, Remi Flaherty, Summerset, S.C., and Christie Briggs, 
East Meadow, N.Y. Five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews 
also survive.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, (423) 543-4917, is in charge of 
arrangements. Visit our Web site at www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
   
   MAY -- Funeral services for John "Ed" May, 89, Pine Ridge Care Center, 
formerly of 143 Zeb Grindstaff Road, Elizabethton, who died Thursday, 
September 27, 2001, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Sunday, September 30, 
at Tetrick Funeral Home, Chapel of Peace, with the Rev. Burl Garland, 
the Rev. Clate Briggs Jr. and Mr. Glen Keller, minister, officiating. 
Music will be provided by his grandchildren. Graveside services and 
interment will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, October 1, at Combs-
Grindstaff Cemetery, Elizabethton. Active pallbearers will be Brian 
Briggs, Bruce Mick, Eddie Morelock, Chuck Milam, Chad Flaherty, Robert 
Perry, George Lily and Wade Perry. Honorary pallbearers will be members 
of the Senior Men's Sunday School Class of Hunter First Baptist Church, 
the family of Frank May Sr., J.C. and Wilma Honeycutt, Fred and Cleo 
Taylor, employees of Pine Ridge Care Center, Harold Stoler, the family 
of Elbert Clemons, Denton Lyons and Orville Grindstaff. Everyone will 
meet at the funeral home at 10:15 a.m. Monday to go in procession to 
the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday 
at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence of a 
daughter, Ina Briggs, 145 Zeb Grindstaff Road, Elizabethton, at any time. 
Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations in 
memory of Mr. May to the Combs-Grindstaff Cemetery c/o Bill May, 139 
Zeb Grindstaff Road, Elizabethton, Tenn. 37643. Condolences may be 
sent to the family via e-mail address tetrick@funeral-plans.com. 
Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, (423) 543-4917, is in charge 
of arrangements.