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May <I>Roper</I> Atkinson

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May Roper Atkinson

Birth
Pickens County, South Carolina, USA
Death
15 Nov 1973 (aged 81)
South Carolina, USA
Burial
Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of Spencer Alexander & Josephine Parthene "Josie" Gilstrap Roper; widow of John Thomas Atkinson.

She was a native of Pickens County and a member of Kings Grove Baptist Church.

Survived by five sons, B.S. Atkinson of Central, P. T. Atkinson of Augusta, GA, D. J. Atkinson of Rock Hill, and William R. and J. W. Atkinson, both of Greenville; two daughters, Mrs. Maebell Hunnicutt and Mrs. Janie Nell Black, both of Greenville; 16 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Belle McCall and Mrs. Susie Rampey, both of Easley.

Funeral services: Saturday, November 17, 1973, Six Mile Baptist Church.

Burial: Hillcrest Memorial Park

Dillard Funeral Home
Pickens, SC

Full obituaries may be located here:
The Greenville News
Atkinson, May Roper
1973 Nov 16 p.20
1973 Nov 17 p.34

May Atkinson is listed with several different names on the following records:

Janie on the 1900 US Census
May on the 1910 US Census
Maggie on the 1920 US Census
Maggie on the 1930 US Census
May on the 1940 Census
May on the SSDI
May Roper Atkinson on her obituary

November 2016: Thank you to GypsySoul for the photo and confirmation of her name on her grave marker!
Daughter of Spencer Alexander & Josephine Parthene "Josie" Gilstrap Roper; widow of John Thomas Atkinson.

She was a native of Pickens County and a member of Kings Grove Baptist Church.

Survived by five sons, B.S. Atkinson of Central, P. T. Atkinson of Augusta, GA, D. J. Atkinson of Rock Hill, and William R. and J. W. Atkinson, both of Greenville; two daughters, Mrs. Maebell Hunnicutt and Mrs. Janie Nell Black, both of Greenville; 16 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Belle McCall and Mrs. Susie Rampey, both of Easley.

Funeral services: Saturday, November 17, 1973, Six Mile Baptist Church.

Burial: Hillcrest Memorial Park

Dillard Funeral Home
Pickens, SC

Full obituaries may be located here:
The Greenville News
Atkinson, May Roper
1973 Nov 16 p.20
1973 Nov 17 p.34

May Atkinson is listed with several different names on the following records:

Janie on the 1900 US Census
May on the 1910 US Census
Maggie on the 1920 US Census
Maggie on the 1930 US Census
May on the 1940 Census
May on the SSDI
May Roper Atkinson on her obituary

November 2016: Thank you to GypsySoul for the photo and confirmation of her name on her grave marker!

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