Elizabeth A. May, the daughter of William Lewis and Lovina May was born in Clark Co., Illinois on November 28, 1863 and died Tuesday evening about seven o'clock, September 19, 1933 at age of 69 yrs 10 months and 21 days. In 1884 she moved with her sisters and brother to Climax, Kansas. On August 19, 1884 she was united in marriage to Henry W. Crail. Soon after they moved to Oklahoma and settled on a claim near Hitchcock. To this union no children were born but being a lover of children and anxious to serve God they adopted two brothers and a sister, yet feeling that she had not done her part, she has for the past three years been a devoted mother to little Pauline, a niece of the adopted children. Early in life she became a devoted Christian and was a faithful active member of the Methodist Church of Watonga at the time of her death. Her beloved husband preceded her in death February 19, 1922. Mother Crail leaves to mourn her passing a daughter, Miss Ivy Crail, two sons Claude and Clarence Crail of Watonga, two sisters, Mrs. E.H. Rice of Watonga, Mrs. H.W. Driever of Hitchcock and a brother Mr. Sam May of Hitchcock, a number of relatives and a heap of friends.
Elizabeth A. May, the daughter of William Lewis and Lovina May was born in Clark Co., Illinois on November 28, 1863 and died Tuesday evening about seven o'clock, September 19, 1933 at age of 69 yrs 10 months and 21 days. In 1884 she moved with her sisters and brother to Climax, Kansas. On August 19, 1884 she was united in marriage to Henry W. Crail. Soon after they moved to Oklahoma and settled on a claim near Hitchcock. To this union no children were born but being a lover of children and anxious to serve God they adopted two brothers and a sister, yet feeling that she had not done her part, she has for the past three years been a devoted mother to little Pauline, a niece of the adopted children. Early in life she became a devoted Christian and was a faithful active member of the Methodist Church of Watonga at the time of her death. Her beloved husband preceded her in death February 19, 1922. Mother Crail leaves to mourn her passing a daughter, Miss Ivy Crail, two sons Claude and Clarence Crail of Watonga, two sisters, Mrs. E.H. Rice of Watonga, Mrs. H.W. Driever of Hitchcock and a brother Mr. Sam May of Hitchcock, a number of relatives and a heap of friends.
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