Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameHazel Ruth MAY [84], [32589]
BirthJan 1, 1925, Guilford County, North Carolina [84]
DeathJun 29, 2007, Guilford County, North Carolina [84]
BurialApples Chapel Christian Church, 7345 Hwy 61 North Gibsonville, Guilford County, North Carolina [84]
FatherLeslie Jordan MAY (1897-1970)
MotherEthel Iola BARBER (1904-1991)
Spouses
BirthApr 12, 1923 [84]
DeathNov 23, 1974, Alamance County, North Carolina [84]
BurialApples Chapel Christian Church, 7345 Hwy 61 North Gibsonville, Guilford County, North Carolina [84]
MotherEva Lottie GRAHAM (1906-1979)
Marriage1946, Guilford County, North Carolina [84]
Obituary Online notes for Hazel Ruth MAY
Mrs. Hazel May Apple, age 82, of 7259 Abb Rd., passed away Friday, June 29, 2007 at The Evergreens in Greensboro.

A native of Guilford County, she was the wife of the late Boyd Glenn Apple and daughter of the late Leslie Jordan and Ethel Barber May. She was a retired secretary with the Minneola Plant of Cone Mills in Gibsonville. She was an active member of Apple's Chapel Christian Church where she was the former financial secretary, a former member of the Building Committee and was Treasurer of the Sunshine Sunday School Class. She was a member of the Action in Aging Club in Gibsonville, the AIA Singers, a volunteer at Moses Cone Hospital, a member of the former Bucks and Does Dancers and the Shallowford Squares.

Survivors include her son, Michael Apple and wife Becky of Gibsonville; daughter, Patti Smith and husband Ed of Brown Summit; grandchildren, Matthew Apple, Sarah Apple Campbell and husband Chad and Aimee Troxler Henderson and husband Brian; 2 great grandchildren; Pace Henderson and Ella Jane Henderson; nephew Randy Randolph and wife Susan and a great nephew Matthew Randolph. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and a sister, Minneola Randolph.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00pm Sunday at Apple's Chapel Christian Church by Rev. C. Allen Myers, III, officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. [32589]
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