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BirthJul 30, 1933, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina492,470, James Samuel May
DeathAug 31, 1988, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina492,470, James Samuel May,566, Jesse Lee May-Obituary
BurialLebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, 4635 Hicone Rd, Guilford County, North Carolina492,470, James Samuel May
FatherWilliam Calvin MAY Sr. (1898-1962)
MotherMinnie Elizabeth ROBERSON (1904-1938)
Obituary Online notes for James Samuel MAY
STOKESDALE – James Samuel May, 55, of Hanes Road, Route 1, Summerfield, died Wednesday at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital.

Funeral will be 4 p.m. Friday at Lebanon Baptist Church on Hicone Road, of which he was a member.

Employed at Western Auto in Greensboro, May had lived in the Liberty Church community for eight years and was a Marine veteran of the Korean War.

Surviving are wife, Mrs. Martha Newsom May; daughter, Mrs. Debra Lynn Penland of Lakeland, Fla.; sons, James Stephen May of Reidsville, Gary Lee May and Junior Wilson of Greensboro; sisters, Mrs. Irene Carter of Madison, Mrs. Shirley Shelton of Greensboro, Mrs. Barbara Ann Bowden of Kernersville; brothers, Edward E. May of Yanceyville, Jesse L. May and Wayne May of Reidsville; seven grandchildren.

The family will be at Brooke Funeral Home 7-9 p.m. today, other times at the residence.

Greensboro News and Record, Greensboro, North Carolina, Thursday, September 1, 1988, Page C6, column 1

North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000
Name: James S May
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 30 Jul 1933
Birth County: Guilford
Parent1 Name: Bill May
Roll number: NCVR_B_C046_66003
Volume: 51
Page: 157

On the 1940 census for Brown Summit, Guilford Co., he was living with his maternal grandparents, William and Laura Roberson.

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: James Samuel May
[James S May]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 30 Jul 1933
Birth Place: Greensboro G, North Carolina
Death Date: 31 Aug 1988
Father: William C May
Mother: Minnie E Roberson
SSN: xxxxx0904
Notes: Sep 1950: Name listed as JAMES SAMUEL MAY; 28 Sep 1988: Name listed as JAMES S MAY
470, James Samuel May
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