Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameEdna GARNER 241,492,470, Edna Garner May
Birthbef Oct 19, 1917, Robbins, Moore County, North Carolina3, Edna Garner May
DeathOct 19, 2011, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Edna Garner May
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Edna Garner May,470, Edna Garner May
Spouses
BirthJan 27, 1915, Alamance County, North Carolina241,492
DeathJun 2, 1993, Alamance County, North Carolina241,492
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina492,470, L Richard May
FatherCharles Everett MAY (1891-1977)
MotherMattie Minerva SHOFFNER (1895-1979)
ChildrenJack Garner (1934-2006)
Obituary Online notes for Edna GARNER
10/20/2011

Edna Garner May

    GRAHAM — Mrs. Edna Garner May, 94, of 630 Oak Grove Drive, Graham, and formerly of Pond Road, Burlington, died at her residence on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 at 4:45 a.m.

    A native of Robbins, N.C., she was the wife of the late Lonnie Richard May and the daughter of William J. Garner and Alice Brown Garner, both deceased.

She retired from Kayser-Roth and enjoyed working with her flowers and making cakes.

Edna was a member of Alamance Lutheran Church.

    Survivors include her daughter, Betsy Pickard and husband Bobby, of the home; two sisters,EtheleenDavisand Texie Garner, both of Robbins; one brother, Herbert Garner and wife Geneva, of Robbins; five grandchildren; 11 greatgrandchildren; and four greatgreat-grandchildren.

    She was preceded in death by her son, Jack G. May; her grandson, Jeffrey Pickard; three sisters and three brothers.

    The funeral service will be conducted in the Rich & Thompson
Chapel in Graham on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 at 2 p.m. by the Rev. James Lockley.

Burial will follow in Alamance Memorial Park.

    The family will receive friends at the Rich & Thompson Funeral Home and Crematory in Graham on Thursday from 5 until 7 p.m. At other times they will be at the residence.

    Memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, N.C. 27215.
    Condolences may be offered at www.richandthompson.com  3, Edna Garner May
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