Obituary

 

Ralph James May 

"MAY Ralph James, born Dec. 31, 1907 in Thomas, OK to John Harry & Emma Elizabeth (Luderman) May.  

He died Sat. at the Stillwater Nursing Home in Stillwater, OK.  

He married Dorothy Champlin in 1931 in Enid, OK.  

He grew up in Oklahoma City and graduated from Classen High School. 

 He received a B.A. and an LLD from OU in 1931. He was an assistant city attorney in Okla. City. He was with Shell Oil in Tulsa '35-'45. He was in private practice in Okla. City from 1945 until his retirement. He was with Bulla, May and Byman and later alone in private practice.  

He moved to a farm near Hydro, OK in 1965 and came to Stillwater in 1977 to be with his daughter.  

He played Baseball in high school and at OU, and was also Team Manager for basketball at OU. A member of Crown Heights Christian Church and a former Deacon and Elder. 

 He was active in the United Way, and a 32 degree Mason in Guthrie.  

He was preceded in death by a brother, John H. May. He is survived by a son, Ralph James May, Jr. Memphis, Tenn. Daughters Janice Louise Tollas, The Woodlands, Tx., and Melanie Ruth May Bloodgood, OKC, OK. 6 grandchildren.  

Memorial services will be 2:00 PM Tues. 9-29-92 at Crown Heights Christian Church with interment in Rose Hill Cemetery." 

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Six grandsons.

I'm the only one living in Stillwater who visited independently, spent countless hours, treated him as Grandfather. My brother was taken to Louisiana at age 15.

His son Jr quit talking to him when he was in high school.  They never saw one another again.