KENTUCKY DEATH RECORDS
Willie W. May
Age: 76
Place of death: Boyle
Place of residence: Lincoln
Date of death: 10 - 11 - 1984
Certificate: 23622
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BICENTENNIAL HISTORY WAYNESBURG, KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY 1792 - 1992
Page 102
(by Faye (May) Cox
Leander J. May and Julia Baldridge were married 26 Jun 1907 in Floyd Co. near a place called Bonanza, KY. They had two children, Willie Walker, b 31 May 1908, and Everett Lee, b 28 Sep 1911. My grandmother d 9 Mar 1912, leaving Granddad to rear their two sons - one four years old, the other only seven months.
Great-grandfather and Great-grandmother May took a horse-drawn wagon from Lincoln Co. to Floyd Co. and brought back Granddad Leander J. and his two small boys. The three of them moved in with Granddad's parents and seven children, making a really full house of 12 persons, covering three generations. My Dad and Everett Lee helped on the farm, raising tobacco and logging with a team of horses. My great-grandma and her daughters reared my dad and his brother. Dad grew up without a mother but had a very kind and wonderful father. He learned how to make simple furniture, such as ladder-back chairs, from hickory and used hickory cane for the bottoms.
Dad stayed with the Burleson family and worked often after school for them for room and board so that he could attend the Waynesburg School.
Dad would ride a horse up the hill from Fishing Creek to Walltown where he met and married Lela Dunham, the youngest daughter of James and Eliza Green Dunham. They were married 2 Aug 1928, and Mom moved into the house with the family.
In 1929 they had a son, Hollis; in 1931, a daughter, Clarious, who lived only six months. She died as a result of spinal meningitis. In 1933 Vernon was born, and in 1935, Stanley, another son, was born. Ca 1934 or 1935, Dad, Mom, and their three sons moved to Waynesburg along with Granddad and Everett Lee.
Dad worked driving a truck for a tomato-canning factory, picking up tomatoes in the Ottenheim community, Science Hill area, and surrounding farms. Dad had a garage on old 27 between where Webb's Garage now is and the creek north of Webb's Garage on the right side of the highway, going south. It was a small garage and a small house for seven people. In 1937 or so, he traded his garage and house by the creek to a parcel of land on top of the hill that is now Webb's Garage.
Page 103
In 1938 I was born, and in 1941 tragedy struck the family again. Dad had a wrecker and had been out on a service call. As he was returning home, Vernon and Stanley were playing out in front of the garage. There was a large sign out near the edge of the driveway and just as he pulled in off the road onto his property, the two boys ran from behind the sign. Dad could not miss them. He ran over both boys with the wrecker, killing Stanley outright, and Vernon was critically injured with a fractured skull and both legs broken. I was the only girl at the time, and also the youngest. My sister came along in 1943, thus completing the family.
Dad was a hard worker, a good provider for his family, and a loving husband and father. He never saw anything as a job, but everything as a challenge, something he wanted to tackle, to build, or to repair. He did anything he could to make a dollar and a better living for his family. He had many friends in Waynesburg and surrounding areas. He passed away 11 Oct 1986, the same day as his father and grandfather before him.
Willie W. May
Age: 76
Place of death: Boyle
Place of residence: Lincoln
Date of death: 10 - 11 - 1984
Certificate: 23622
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BICENTENNIAL HISTORY WAYNESBURG, KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY 1792 - 1992
Page 102
(by Faye (May) Cox
Leander J. May and Julia Baldridge were married 26 Jun 1907 in Floyd Co. near a place called Bonanza, KY. They had two children, Willie Walker, b 31 May 1908, and Everett Lee, b 28 Sep 1911. My grandmother d 9 Mar 1912, leaving Granddad to rear their two sons - one four years old, the other only seven months.
Great-grandfather and Great-grandmother May took a horse-drawn wagon from Lincoln Co. to Floyd Co. and brought back Granddad Leander J. and his two small boys. The three of them moved in with Granddad's parents and seven children, making a really full house of 12 persons, covering three generations. My Dad and Everett Lee helped on the farm, raising tobacco and logging with a team of horses. My great-grandma and her daughters reared my dad and his brother. Dad grew up without a mother but had a very kind and wonderful father. He learned how to make simple furniture, such as ladder-back chairs, from hickory and used hickory cane for the bottoms.
Dad stayed with the Burleson family and worked often after school for them for room and board so that he could attend the Waynesburg School.
Dad would ride a horse up the hill from Fishing Creek to Walltown where he met and married Lela Dunham, the youngest daughter of James and Eliza Green Dunham. They were married 2 Aug 1928, and Mom moved into the house with the family.
In 1929 they had a son, Hollis; in 1931, a daughter, Clarious, who lived only six months. She died as a result of spinal meningitis. In 1933 Vernon was born, and in 1935, Stanley, another son, was born. Ca 1934 or 1935, Dad, Mom, and their three sons moved to Waynesburg along with Granddad and Everett Lee.
Dad worked driving a truck for a tomato-canning factory, picking up tomatoes in the Ottenheim community, Science Hill area, and surrounding farms. Dad had a garage on old 27 between where Webb's Garage now is and the creek north of Webb's Garage on the right side of the highway, going south. It was a small garage and a small house for seven people. In 1937 or so, he traded his garage and house by the creek to a parcel of land on top of the hill that is now Webb's Garage.
Page 103
In 1938 I was born, and in 1941 tragedy struck the family again. Dad had a wrecker and had been out on a service call. As he was returning home, Vernon and Stanley were playing out in front of the garage. There was a large sign out near the edge of the driveway and just as he pulled in off the road onto his property, the two boys ran from behind the sign. Dad could not miss them. He ran over both boys with the wrecker, killing Stanley outright, and Vernon was critically injured with a fractured skull and both legs broken. I was the only girl at the time, and also the youngest. My sister came along in 1943, thus completing the family.
Dad was a hard worker, a good provider for his family, and a loving husband and father. He never saw anything as a job, but everything as a challenge, something he wanted to tackle, to build, or to repair. He did anything he could to make a dollar and a better living for his family. He had many friends in Waynesburg and surrounding areas. He passed away 11 Oct 1986, the same day as his father and grandfather before him.
KENTUCKY DEATH RECORDS
Willie W. May
Age: 76
Place of death: Boyle
Place of residence: Lincoln
Date of death: 10 - 11 - 1984
Certificate: 23622
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BICENTENNIAL HISTORY WAYNESBURG, KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY 1792 - 1992
Page 102
(by Faye (May) Cox
Leander J. May and Julia Baldridge were married 26 Jun 1907 in Floyd Co. near a place called Bonanza, KY. They had two children, Willie Walker, b 31 May 1908, and Everett Lee, b 28 Sep 1911. My grandmother d 9 Mar 1912, leaving Granddad to rear their two sons - one four years old, the other only seven months.
Great-grandfather and Great-grandmother May took a horse-drawn wagon from Lincoln Co. to Floyd Co. and brought back Granddad Leander J. and his two small boys. The three of them moved in with Granddad's parents and seven children, making a really full house of 12 persons, covering three generations. My Dad and Everett Lee helped on the farm, raising tobacco and logging with a team of horses. My great-grandma and her daughters reared my dad and his brother. Dad grew up without a mother but had a very kind and wonderful father. He learned how to make simple furniture, such as ladder-back chairs, from hickory and used hickory cane for the bottoms.
Dad stayed with the Burleson family and worked often after school for them for room and board so that he could attend the Waynesburg School.
Dad would ride a horse up the hill from Fishing Creek to Walltown where he met and married Lela Dunham, the youngest daughter of James and Eliza Green Dunham. They were married 2 Aug 1928, and Mom moved into the house with the family.
In 1929 they had a son, Hollis; in 1931, a daughter, Clarious, who lived only six months. She died as a result of spinal meningitis. In 1933 Vernon was born, and in 1935, Stanley, another son, was born. Ca 1934 or 1935, Dad, Mom, and their three sons moved to Waynesburg along with Granddad and Everett Lee.
Dad worked driving a truck for a tomato-canning factory, picking up tomatoes in the Ottenheim community, Science Hill area, and surrounding farms. Dad had a garage on old 27 between where Webb's Garage now is and the creek north of Webb's Garage on the right side of the highway, going south. It was a small garage and a small house for seven people. In 1937 or so, he traded his garage and house by the creek to a parcel of land on top of the hill that is now Webb's Garage.
Page 103
In 1938 I was born, and in 1941 tragedy struck the family again. Dad had a wrecker and had been out on a service call. As he was returning home, Vernon and Stanley were playing out in front of the garage. There was a large sign out near the edge of the driveway and just as he pulled in off the road onto his property, the two boys ran from behind the sign. Dad could not miss them. He ran over both boys with the wrecker, killing Stanley outright, and Vernon was critically injured with a fractured skull and both legs broken. I was the only girl at the time, and also the youngest. My sister came along in 1943, thus completing the family.
Dad was a hard worker, a good provider for his family, and a loving husband and father. He never saw anything as a job, but everything as a challenge, something he wanted to tackle, to build, or to repair. He did anything he could to make a dollar and a better living for his family. He had many friends in Waynesburg and surrounding areas. He passed away 11 Oct 1986, the same day as his father and grandfather before him.
Willie W. May
Age: 76
Place of death: Boyle
Place of residence: Lincoln
Date of death: 10 - 11 - 1984
Certificate: 23622
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BICENTENNIAL HISTORY WAYNESBURG, KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY 1792 - 1992
Page 102
(by Faye (May) Cox
Leander J. May and Julia Baldridge were married 26 Jun 1907 in Floyd Co. near a place called Bonanza, KY. They had two children, Willie Walker, b 31 May 1908, and Everett Lee, b 28 Sep 1911. My grandmother d 9 Mar 1912, leaving Granddad to rear their two sons - one four years old, the other only seven months.
Great-grandfather and Great-grandmother May took a horse-drawn wagon from Lincoln Co. to Floyd Co. and brought back Granddad Leander J. and his two small boys. The three of them moved in with Granddad's parents and seven children, making a really full house of 12 persons, covering three generations. My Dad and Everett Lee helped on the farm, raising tobacco and logging with a team of horses. My great-grandma and her daughters reared my dad and his brother. Dad grew up without a mother but had a very kind and wonderful father. He learned how to make simple furniture, such as ladder-back chairs, from hickory and used hickory cane for the bottoms.
Dad stayed with the Burleson family and worked often after school for them for room and board so that he could attend the Waynesburg School.
Dad would ride a horse up the hill from Fishing Creek to Walltown where he met and married Lela Dunham, the youngest daughter of James and Eliza Green Dunham. They were married 2 Aug 1928, and Mom moved into the house with the family.
In 1929 they had a son, Hollis; in 1931, a daughter, Clarious, who lived only six months. She died as a result of spinal meningitis. In 1933 Vernon was born, and in 1935, Stanley, another son, was born. Ca 1934 or 1935, Dad, Mom, and their three sons moved to Waynesburg along with Granddad and Everett Lee.
Dad worked driving a truck for a tomato-canning factory, picking up tomatoes in the Ottenheim community, Science Hill area, and surrounding farms. Dad had a garage on old 27 between where Webb's Garage now is and the creek north of Webb's Garage on the right side of the highway, going south. It was a small garage and a small house for seven people. In 1937 or so, he traded his garage and house by the creek to a parcel of land on top of the hill that is now Webb's Garage.
Page 103
In 1938 I was born, and in 1941 tragedy struck the family again. Dad had a wrecker and had been out on a service call. As he was returning home, Vernon and Stanley were playing out in front of the garage. There was a large sign out near the edge of the driveway and just as he pulled in off the road onto his property, the two boys ran from behind the sign. Dad could not miss them. He ran over both boys with the wrecker, killing Stanley outright, and Vernon was critically injured with a fractured skull and both legs broken. I was the only girl at the time, and also the youngest. My sister came along in 1943, thus completing the family.
Dad was a hard worker, a good provider for his family, and a loving husband and father. He never saw anything as a job, but everything as a challenge, something he wanted to tackle, to build, or to repair. He did anything he could to make a dollar and a better living for his family. He had many friends in Waynesburg and surrounding areas. He passed away 11 Oct 1986, the same day as his father and grandfather before him.
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