Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthApr 13, 1914, Guilford County, North Carolina492,470, Mary Esther May Daniel
DeathJan 20, 2008, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina470, Mary Esther May Daniel
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina470, Mary Esther May Daniel
MotherEvie Geneva SHOE (1895-1990)
Spouses
BirthAug 25, 1902, Guilford County, North Carolina492,470, Joe Franklin May
DeathJul 2, 1963, Robeson County, North Carolina492,470, Joe Franklin May
BurialMount Hope United Church Of Christ, 2400 Mount Hope Church Rd, Whitsett, North Carolina492,470, Joe Franklin May
FatherThomas Washington MAY (1860-1947)
MotherBarbara Ann Rebecca SHOE (1861-1949)
ChildrenMelvin Theodore (1933-2018)
 Evie Rebecca (1937-1958)
 Mary Ellen (1938-2012)
Obituary Online notes for Mary Esther MAY
Greensboro News & Record 1/22/2008

GREENSBORO — Mrs. Mary Esther May Daniel, 93, died on Sunday, January 20, 2008, at Serenity Care.

Funeral services for Mrs. Daniel will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, January 24, at Forbis & Dick North Elm Street Chapel. Burial will follow in Alamance Memorial Park.

She was a native of Julian. She was employed by Stout Chair Company in Liberty and she was a member of Mt. Hope United Church of Christ.

Mrs. Daniel was preceded in death by her husband, James Willie Daniel.

Mrs. Daniel is survived by two daughters, Mary Ellen Butner of McLeansville and Virginia Marcella Jeffries of Whitsett; two sons, Melvin Theodore May and wife, Lestie of Greensboro and Roy Alton May and wife, Rose Ann of Whitsett; two sisters, Edna Shoe of Graham, and Ethel Shoe of McLeansville; brother, Dillard May of Julian; eight grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren and eight great-great grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. on Wednesday, January 23, at Forbis & Dick North Elm Chapel.

Online condolences may be made to www.forbisanddick.com
404, Mary Esther May-13 April 1914 – 20 January 2008 • L14V-ZBX
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