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Submitted: 11/3/10 • Approved: 12/3/17 • Last Updated: 12/6/17 • R404037-G404037-S3
Robert Lee, Sr
February 3, 1925 - July 7, 2009
Ruby Evelyn
May 28, 1924 - July 6, 2014
Ruby May, 90, of Sheridan, Arkansas; passed away Sunday, July 6, 2014. She was born May 28, 1924 to William Stevenson and Martha Jane Clutts Stevenson.
Mrs. May is survived by three sons; Bobby May (Brenda), Danny May (Angie), Roger May (Penne), one daughter; Robin Mathews (Rodney), eleven grandchildren; and thirteen great – grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 69 years, Robert May Sr., two brothers and five sisters.
Services for Mrs. May will be held Friday, July 11, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. at Roller – Citizens Funeral Home, Marianna, Arkansas; with Reverend Sean Sawyers officiating. Visitation will be held prior to service at 10:00 – 11:00 A.M. Burial will be at Marianna Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Spencer May Jr., Jerry Sadler, Dusty Carter, Kenneth Kilcrease, Robert Wooten and Adam Bearden.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Promise Foundation 420 W. Pinhook Rd. Lafayette, LA 70503.
The family wishes to say a special Thank You to Dee Robinson and Kathy Sales for the care given to Ruby.
Robert Lee May, Sr. passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at his home in Hughes, Arkansas at the age of 84.
He was born on February 3, 1925 to Jefferson Davis May and Abbie Jones May in Moro, Arkansas.
Robert was a self-made man who became a successful farmer in Lee County. He was a wonderful father and grandfather, always enjoying his family and he will always be remembered for his willingness to help anyone who needed it.
Loved ones surviving include his wife, Ruby Evelyn May; three sons: Bobby May and wife Brenda of Forrest City, AR; Danny May of Marianna; Roger May and wife Penne of Brickeys, AR; one daughter: Robin Mathews and husband Rodney of Sheridan, AR; eleven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and many friends.
Robert was preceded in death by his parents, Jefferson Davis and Abbie May.
Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 10, 2009 in Roller-Citizens Funeral Home chapel in Marianna, with the Reverends Sean Sawyers and Gary Chapman officiating.
Burial will follow in Marianna Memorial Park.
Visitation will be Thursday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the chapel.
Memorials may be made in Robert's memory to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Contributed on 11/3/10 by pam_don202
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