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Obediah Doss May

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Obediah Doss May

Birth
Jackson Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
2 Feb 1950 (aged 75)
Mount Pleasant, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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GG-Uncle Doss married Elizabeth N. "Lizzie" MEREDITH on 19 Mar 1905 in Caldwell Parish LA. They had four children: Joseph Roy, Elvin Ollie, Wibur Lee and Loyce Beatrice MAY.

OBITUARY: The Caldwell Watchman, 9 Feb 1950
Headline: O. Doss May, Mt. Pleasant, Is Dead
O. Doss May, 75, planter and well known man of the Mt. Pleasant community west of Columbia, did at home there early last Thursday. He had been in ill health for some time and spent a short while in a local hospital shortly before his death.

The funeral was in the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, of which he was a member, at 2:00 p.m. the following day and interment was made in the nearby cemetery. Among the pallbearers were Dewey May of ward 9, Clark Hester and Homer Meredith of Columbia, Nathan Ewing of Chatham, C. C. Dunn of Columbia, and Helf May. The funeral was under direction of the Riser Funeral Home of Columbia.

He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Loyce May Sims of Texarkana, Texas; two sons, W. L. May of Mt Pleasant community and J. R. May of Ruston; a sister, Mrs. W. O. Ewing of Chatham, a half-sister, Mrs. Beadian Dunn, who resides in South Louisiana, and a half-brother, L. F. May of West Monroe.
GG-Uncle Doss married Elizabeth N. "Lizzie" MEREDITH on 19 Mar 1905 in Caldwell Parish LA. They had four children: Joseph Roy, Elvin Ollie, Wibur Lee and Loyce Beatrice MAY.

OBITUARY: The Caldwell Watchman, 9 Feb 1950
Headline: O. Doss May, Mt. Pleasant, Is Dead
O. Doss May, 75, planter and well known man of the Mt. Pleasant community west of Columbia, did at home there early last Thursday. He had been in ill health for some time and spent a short while in a local hospital shortly before his death.

The funeral was in the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, of which he was a member, at 2:00 p.m. the following day and interment was made in the nearby cemetery. Among the pallbearers were Dewey May of ward 9, Clark Hester and Homer Meredith of Columbia, Nathan Ewing of Chatham, C. C. Dunn of Columbia, and Helf May. The funeral was under direction of the Riser Funeral Home of Columbia.

He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Loyce May Sims of Texarkana, Texas; two sons, W. L. May of Mt Pleasant community and J. R. May of Ruston; a sister, Mrs. W. O. Ewing of Chatham, a half-sister, Mrs. Beadian Dunn, who resides in South Louisiana, and a half-brother, L. F. May of West Monroe.

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  • Maintained by: Doug McBroom
  • Originally Created by: Herald
  • Added: Aug 30, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7808019/obediah_doss-may: accessed ), memorial page for Obediah Doss May (15 Jun 1874–2 Feb 1950), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7808019, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Doug McBroom (contributor 46954190).