Dorothy H. May, 96, of Shepherdstown, WV, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, January 18, 2019.
She was born March 15, 1922 in Shenandoah, VA, she was the last of 15 children born to the late William Jackson and Lissie (Lucas) Hilliard. She was a faithful member of the Vanville Church of Christ and attended Crossroads Church in Shepherdstown with family.
During World War II she worked at Fairchild Aircraft in Hagerstown, MD, as part of the nation’s war effort of the home front when thousands of American women entered the work force to help support the war. She took 200 hours of Woodcraft Training before being accepted at the Fairchild Plant. She then became a riveter on a C-119 Flying Boxcar, riveting ailerons and cowlings. She was recognized as a “Rosie the Riveter” - - Heroines during WWII and as part of our American History. She’s been honored at many events, parades, and interviewed by Ann Curry on MSNBC “Real Life Rosie the Riveter Reminiscence”.
When her brother George went to serve in the Army, she talked her Dad into buying her brother George’s lime truck, a 1941 Ford. Dorothy was a truck owner/operator, delivering lime and marl to many farms in WV, Maryland and Virginia. In 1962 Dorothy, went to work at Corning Glass Works, and retired in 1987 at age 65.
In the 1990s she joined the “Young at Heart Kitchen Band,” playing the washboard, triangle and as part of the quartet. They played all over the community at Hospitals and Nursing Homes.
Her life motto was be “Happy, Kind and keep moving”. She especially loved Christmas, decorating and playing music and making It special for the whole family. She enjoyed family time, reading the Bible, exercising, walking on the C.O. Canal and at Morgan’s Grove Park. Our mom was a great cook, and baked wonderful pies, cakes and cookies. Always taking her Doctor cookies when she had a Dr.’s appointment.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carlton Judd May, Sr.; brothers, Lloyd, Leo, Bill, Herman, Oliver, George, and Louis; sisters, Lillian Billmyer, Eva Hockman, Ailesse Mongan, and Edna Turner; two sons, Jerry and Curtis May; two grandsons, Christopher and Carlton Judd May III; and one great-great-grandson, Caleb Judd May. She is survived by three sons, Carlton Judd May, Jr. and wife Roberta, Robert May, and Mark May; two daughters, Jacqueline (Jackie) and husband Steve, Jo Ann Porterfield, and husband Ron. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren, Jason May, Tracey Clark, Justin Miller, Butch Beard, Ashley Stevenson, Chad May, Robert May, Jr., Brandy May, Curtis Lee May, Jr., Jessica Knight;10 great grandchildren, Carlton J May IV, Christian, Jackson, Camden, and Josie May, Dylan Beard, Cordell and Chelsea Clark, Valerie Stagner, and Jake Nee; and two great-great-grandchildren, Jaycee and Jaxon May. Her nieces and nephews held a special place in her heart, who were faithfully there for her. Dorothy was loved and loved her caregivers, at Care Haven. We would like to thank Hospice for the care they provided our mom.
Family will receive friends on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 from 2:00PM to 4:00PM and 6:00PM to 8:00PM at the Brown Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be held on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 1:00PM at the Brown Funeral Home with Pastor Dan Nicksich and Rev. B.J. Taylor.
Interment will be in Pleasant View Memory Gardens.
She was born March 15, 1922 in Shenandoah, VA, she was the last of 15 children born to the late William Jackson and Lissie (Lucas) Hilliard. She was a faithful member of the Vanville Church of Christ and attended Crossroads Church in Shepherdstown with family.
During World War II she worked at Fairchild Aircraft in Hagerstown, MD, as part of the nation’s war effort of the home front when thousands of American women entered the work force to help support the war. She took 200 hours of Woodcraft Training before being accepted at the Fairchild Plant. She then became a riveter on a C-119 Flying Boxcar, riveting ailerons and cowlings. She was recognized as a “Rosie the Riveter” - - Heroines during WWII and as part of our American History. She’s been honored at many events, parades, and interviewed by Ann Curry on MSNBC “Real Life Rosie the Riveter Reminiscence”.
When her brother George went to serve in the Army, she talked her Dad into buying her brother George’s lime truck, a 1941 Ford. Dorothy was a truck owner/operator, delivering lime and marl to many farms in WV, Maryland and Virginia. In 1962 Dorothy, went to work at Corning Glass Works, and retired in 1987 at age 65.
In the 1990s she joined the “Young at Heart Kitchen Band,” playing the washboard, triangle and as part of the quartet. They played all over the community at Hospitals and Nursing Homes.
Her life motto was be “Happy, Kind and keep moving”. She especially loved Christmas, decorating and playing music and making It special for the whole family. She enjoyed family time, reading the Bible, exercising, walking on the C.O. Canal and at Morgan’s Grove Park. Our mom was a great cook, and baked wonderful pies, cakes and cookies. Always taking her Doctor cookies when she had a Dr.’s appointment.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carlton Judd May, Sr.; brothers, Lloyd, Leo, Bill, Herman, Oliver, George, and Louis; sisters, Lillian Billmyer, Eva Hockman, Ailesse Mongan, and Edna Turner; two sons, Jerry and Curtis May; two grandsons, Christopher and Carlton Judd May III; and one great-great-grandson, Caleb Judd May. She is survived by three sons, Carlton Judd May, Jr. and wife Roberta, Robert May, and Mark May; two daughters, Jacqueline (Jackie) and husband Steve, Jo Ann Porterfield, and husband Ron. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren, Jason May, Tracey Clark, Justin Miller, Butch Beard, Ashley Stevenson, Chad May, Robert May, Jr., Brandy May, Curtis Lee May, Jr., Jessica Knight;10 great grandchildren, Carlton J May IV, Christian, Jackson, Camden, and Josie May, Dylan Beard, Cordell and Chelsea Clark, Valerie Stagner, and Jake Nee; and two great-great-grandchildren, Jaycee and Jaxon May. Her nieces and nephews held a special place in her heart, who were faithfully there for her. Dorothy was loved and loved her caregivers, at Care Haven. We would like to thank Hospice for the care they provided our mom.
Family will receive friends on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 from 2:00PM to 4:00PM and 6:00PM to 8:00PM at the Brown Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be held on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 1:00PM at the Brown Funeral Home with Pastor Dan Nicksich and Rev. B.J. Taylor.
Interment will be in Pleasant View Memory Gardens.
Dorothy H. May, 96, of Shepherdstown, WV, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, January 18, 2019.
She was born March 15, 1922 in Shenandoah, VA, she was the last of 15 children born to the late William Jackson and Lissie (Lucas) Hilliard. She was a faithful member of the Vanville Church of Christ and attended Crossroads Church in Shepherdstown with family.
During World War II she worked at Fairchild Aircraft in Hagerstown, MD, as part of the nation’s war effort of the home front when thousands of American women entered the work force to help support the war. She took 200 hours of Woodcraft Training before being accepted at the Fairchild Plant. She then became a riveter on a C-119 Flying Boxcar, riveting ailerons and cowlings. She was recognized as a “Rosie the Riveter” - - Heroines during WWII and as part of our American History. She’s been honored at many events, parades, and interviewed by Ann Curry on MSNBC “Real Life Rosie the Riveter Reminiscence”.
When her brother George went to serve in the Army, she talked her Dad into buying her brother George’s lime truck, a 1941 Ford. Dorothy was a truck owner/operator, delivering lime and marl to many farms in WV, Maryland and Virginia. In 1962 Dorothy, went to work at Corning Glass Works, and retired in 1987 at age 65.
In the 1990s she joined the “Young at Heart Kitchen Band,” playing the washboard, triangle and as part of the quartet. They played all over the community at Hospitals and Nursing Homes.
Her life motto was be “Happy, Kind and keep moving”. She especially loved Christmas, decorating and playing music and making It special for the whole family. She enjoyed family time, reading the Bible, exercising, walking on the C.O. Canal and at Morgan’s Grove Park. Our mom was a great cook, and baked wonderful pies, cakes and cookies. Always taking her Doctor cookies when she had a Dr.’s appointment.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carlton Judd May, Sr.; brothers, Lloyd, Leo, Bill, Herman, Oliver, George, and Louis; sisters, Lillian Billmyer, Eva Hockman, Ailesse Mongan, and Edna Turner; two sons, Jerry and Curtis May; two grandsons, Christopher and Carlton Judd May III; and one great-great-grandson, Caleb Judd May. She is survived by three sons, Carlton Judd May, Jr. and wife Roberta, Robert May, and Mark May; two daughters, Jacqueline (Jackie) and husband Steve, Jo Ann Porterfield, and husband Ron. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren, Jason May, Tracey Clark, Justin Miller, Butch Beard, Ashley Stevenson, Chad May, Robert May, Jr., Brandy May, Curtis Lee May, Jr., Jessica Knight;10 great grandchildren, Carlton J May IV, Christian, Jackson, Camden, and Josie May, Dylan Beard, Cordell and Chelsea Clark, Valerie Stagner, and Jake Nee; and two great-great-grandchildren, Jaycee and Jaxon May. Her nieces and nephews held a special place in her heart, who were faithfully there for her. Dorothy was loved and loved her caregivers, at Care Haven. We would like to thank Hospice for the care they provided our mom.
Family will receive friends on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 from 2:00PM to 4:00PM and 6:00PM to 8:00PM at the Brown Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be held on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 1:00PM at the Brown Funeral Home with Pastor Dan Nicksich and Rev. B.J. Taylor.
Interment will be in Pleasant View Memory Gardens.
She was born March 15, 1922 in Shenandoah, VA, she was the last of 15 children born to the late William Jackson and Lissie (Lucas) Hilliard. She was a faithful member of the Vanville Church of Christ and attended Crossroads Church in Shepherdstown with family.
During World War II she worked at Fairchild Aircraft in Hagerstown, MD, as part of the nation’s war effort of the home front when thousands of American women entered the work force to help support the war. She took 200 hours of Woodcraft Training before being accepted at the Fairchild Plant. She then became a riveter on a C-119 Flying Boxcar, riveting ailerons and cowlings. She was recognized as a “Rosie the Riveter” - - Heroines during WWII and as part of our American History. She’s been honored at many events, parades, and interviewed by Ann Curry on MSNBC “Real Life Rosie the Riveter Reminiscence”.
When her brother George went to serve in the Army, she talked her Dad into buying her brother George’s lime truck, a 1941 Ford. Dorothy was a truck owner/operator, delivering lime and marl to many farms in WV, Maryland and Virginia. In 1962 Dorothy, went to work at Corning Glass Works, and retired in 1987 at age 65.
In the 1990s she joined the “Young at Heart Kitchen Band,” playing the washboard, triangle and as part of the quartet. They played all over the community at Hospitals and Nursing Homes.
Her life motto was be “Happy, Kind and keep moving”. She especially loved Christmas, decorating and playing music and making It special for the whole family. She enjoyed family time, reading the Bible, exercising, walking on the C.O. Canal and at Morgan’s Grove Park. Our mom was a great cook, and baked wonderful pies, cakes and cookies. Always taking her Doctor cookies when she had a Dr.’s appointment.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carlton Judd May, Sr.; brothers, Lloyd, Leo, Bill, Herman, Oliver, George, and Louis; sisters, Lillian Billmyer, Eva Hockman, Ailesse Mongan, and Edna Turner; two sons, Jerry and Curtis May; two grandsons, Christopher and Carlton Judd May III; and one great-great-grandson, Caleb Judd May. She is survived by three sons, Carlton Judd May, Jr. and wife Roberta, Robert May, and Mark May; two daughters, Jacqueline (Jackie) and husband Steve, Jo Ann Porterfield, and husband Ron. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren, Jason May, Tracey Clark, Justin Miller, Butch Beard, Ashley Stevenson, Chad May, Robert May, Jr., Brandy May, Curtis Lee May, Jr., Jessica Knight;10 great grandchildren, Carlton J May IV, Christian, Jackson, Camden, and Josie May, Dylan Beard, Cordell and Chelsea Clark, Valerie Stagner, and Jake Nee; and two great-great-grandchildren, Jaycee and Jaxon May. Her nieces and nephews held a special place in her heart, who were faithfully there for her. Dorothy was loved and loved her caregivers, at Care Haven. We would like to thank Hospice for the care they provided our mom.
Family will receive friends on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 from 2:00PM to 4:00PM and 6:00PM to 8:00PM at the Brown Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be held on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 1:00PM at the Brown Funeral Home with Pastor Dan Nicksich and Rev. B.J. Taylor.
Interment will be in Pleasant View Memory Gardens.
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Clarence Hilliard
1901–1902
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Lloyd Martin Hilliard
1902–1988
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Albert Leo Hilliard
1904–1984
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Oliver Hilliard
1907–1929
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Paul Willie Hilliard
1909–1992
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Herman Hilliard
1910–1976
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Eva Mary Margaret Hilliard Hockman
1913–1976
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Lillian Mae Hilliard Billmyer
1915–1997
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Edna Geneva Hilliard Turner
1917–1997
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George Leroy Hilliard
1919–1987
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Louis Leon Hilliard
1919–2013
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Iva Aileese Hilliard Mongan
1924–1995
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