2000
May Family Reunion
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky
August
25-26-27, 2000
The Invitation
Letter
on 2000 and 2002 reunions
2000
photos
2002 Reunion report
Participants and Activities

Report
by Marquita Otis
Fifty six relatives and
friends of the John and Sarah Phillips May family came together at
Jenny Wiley State Park in Prestonsburg, Kentucky
on August 25 thru 27, 2000.
They were as follows:
Descendants
of John and Sarah's son Thomas and his wife Dorcas Patton May were:
Nancy Pratt May, Robert
Bingham and Martha Robinson of Lexington, KY.; William and Jean
Strasser of Northfields, IL; Jack & Carolyn May and Bert May of
Mt. Sterling, KY; William May, Larry J. May, Charles J. May and
Virginia May of Cincinnati, OH; Emilee Clevinger Jones and Nella
Clevinger Long of Pataskala, OH; Edna May Clevinger of Etna, OH;
Carol May Petty of Amelia, OH; Carol May Lowe, Helen May Barnett and
Joann May Chaffin of Columbus, OH; Eldon Jack and Ruthie May of
Belcher, KY; Sam Hatcher of Pikeville, KY; Joe and Roberta Daws of
Nashville, TN; and Jeffrey, Elizabeth, Emily and Nathaniel May of
Huntington, WV.
Descendants
of John and Sarah May's son Reuben and his wife Sally
Allen
May were:
Helen May Sivis and Dorothy
R. Sutton of Mt. Sterling, KY; Ronald May of West Carrollton, OH;
Mary May of Middletown, OH; Sharon Sams of Worthington, OH; Mike Sams
of Dublin, OH; Gerald Ray, Naomi &
Mamie May of Liberty, TX;
Samantha May and Michael Ian Thomas of Pasadena, TX; Della Ray May
Rawlings of Sharpsburg, KY; Anna Marie May Miller, of Lexington, KY;
Jean May Watson, Marina Hale and Philip R. Nelson of Martin, KY;
Wayne and Ethel May Ratliff of Prestonsburg, KY; Libby Ree May
Flannery and Elizabeth May of Langley, KY; Dorothy and Ed Henry of
Bradenton, FL; Marquita Sivis Otis, Paris, KY.
Also in attendance were Mr.
Bill Patton of Langley, KY, who spoke to
the group on Saturday
evening and Dr. Robert Perry who spoke to us during our visit to the Samuel
May House. Those who arrived on Friday
evening the 25th had dinner together and afterwards shared in family
pictures and stories. On Saturday morning after breakfast, as a
group, we visited the Samuel May House.
Afterwards, several of the group visited family gravesites: some
going with Nancy May to the Thomas May and other gravesites; others
going with Jean Watson and Marquita Otis to the Reuben and Sally
Allen May gravesite and other Reuben line graves.
Returning to the Lodge in
the afternoon, we all had dinner together and later adjourned to a
conference room. Mr. Bill Patton and Mr. Eldon "Jack" May
spoke to the group about the settling of Maytown, which was named for
Reuben May. The group shared with each other well into the evening
and after breakfast on Sunday morning left to hopefully return
again in 2002.
If
the name of anyone who attended the reunion was omitted in the list
of attendees, PLEASE forgive. I can update this page to make any
necessary corrections.
Marquita |