Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameIdaLynn GRISWOLD 492,3, Ida Lynn Griswold May
BirthDec 19, 1920492,3, Ida Lynn Griswold May
DeathDec 7, 2019, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Ida Lynn Griswold May
BurialGuilford Memorial Park, 6000 High Point Rd, Greensboro, North Carolina 274073, Ida Lynn Griswold May
Spouses
BirthJan 29, 1916, Guilford County, North Carolina492,470, Roland Franklin May
DeathOct 9, 1991, Guilford County, North Carolina492,470, Roland Franklin May
BurialGuilford Memorial Park, 6000 High Point Rd, Greensboro, North Carolina 27407492,470, Roland Franklin May
FatherWilliam Alexander MAY (1884-1970)
MotherAnnie Laura FIELDS (1886-1955)
Marriage1939, Guilford County, North Carolina492
Obituary Online notes for IdaLynn GRISWOLD
12/10/2019

Ida Lynn Griswold May

BURLINGTON, NC – Ida Lynn Griswold May, “Muggy,” passed away on December 7, at the Hospice Home. She was born December 19, 1920 to the late JW and Viola Thomas Griswold. She was married to the late Roland F. May. They were foster parents for 22 years for the Children’s Home Society of NC and cared for more than 120 infants and children. She moved from Greensboro 10 years ago to be close to her family.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Tanya Aycock and her 4 older sisters: Mozelle, Estelle, Monteen, Catherine. She is survived by her daughter, Tootie Kornegay (Bob); son, William F. May; grandchildren, Dee Newnam (Scott), Danielle McLaughlin (Frank), Matthew Aycock (Shannon), Renee Oliver (Jay); and nine great grandchildren.

A burial service will be held at Guilford Memorial Park on Wednesday, December 11, 2091 at 11:00 am.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Elon on December 22, 2019 at 2:00 pm.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Hospice & Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC 27215, Trinity Presbyterian Church, 101 East Gate Drive, Elon, NC 27244.
Thank you, Blakey Hall Staff and Residents, for your friendship, hugs, words of encouragement, kindness and especially prayers and hymns!
Hospice – thank you for your unending love, care, guidance & expertise. We couldn’t have made it to our destination without your whole team!
Online condolences may be made through
www.haenslineberryfuneralhomes.com. 3, Ida Lynn Griswold May
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