Obituaries for Sept. 16

Published 9:27 pm Saturday, September 15, 2007

James O. May

LINGLEVILLE, Texas — Dr. James O. May, 72, died Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, after a brief, unexpected illness.

May served 25 years in the U.S. Air Force as a veterinarian. While in the Air Force, he served a tour of duty in Vietnam. He retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1982. He loved hunting and fishing, but above all he loved his family and friends. After retirement he and his wife built a home on their ranch northwest of Stephenville, Texas. His family described him as a very spiritual man whose church was the great outdoors.

There will be a private memorial for family and friends at TopazII, the May Ranch.

Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Peggy; sons, Tim and wife Sherry and Bill and wife Christina; and daughter Tami and husband Bob; as well as six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He is also survived by two brothers, Billy and Dwight, and he was preceded in death by his brother Kenny.

Stephenville Funeral Home in Stephenville, Texas, is in charge of arrangements.



Sara Ann McKinney Meredith

MEIGS — Sara Ann McKinney Meredith, 60, of Meigs, died Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, at her residence.

Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. today, Sept. 16, at Beulah Holiness Baptist Church with the Rev. Donnie Sloan and the Rev. Kenneth Matthews officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn City Cemetery.

Among her survivors are her husband, Richard C. Meredith of Creedmoor, N.C.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Joey and Glenette Meredith of Stem, N.C., and John and Jamie Meredith of Thomasville, N.C.; her mother, Ruth Yawn McKinney of Meigs; and two brothers and sisters-in-law, Eugene and Cynthia McKinney of Meigs and Larry and Angie McKinney of Valdosta.

Boone-Lipsey Funeral Home of Adel is in charge of arrangements.



Audrey Nan Glausier

PELHAM — Audrey Nan Glausier, 78, of Pelham, died Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville.

Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. today, Sept. 16, at Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home in Pelham.

The funeral service will be held at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at Hand Memorial United Methodist Church in Pelham with the Rev. Keith Goodlett officiating.

Mrs. Glausier was born Aug. 5, 1929, in Pelham to the late Fletcher Burwell and Audrey Dale Wynn Bishop. She was a retired administrator for General Telephone Company and a member of Hand Memorial United Methodist Church. She was also a member of the Pelham Business Women’s Civic Club, the Sunshine Group and the Lydia Ladies of Hand Memorial UMC as well as the floral calendar director for her church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Grover Glausier.

Survivors include three daughters, Lauren Glausier of Pelham, Carol Lynn Patterson of Beaufort, S.C., and Lisa Nan Holton of Camilla; seven grandchildren, Heather Johnson, Stephanie Castro, Cecelia Cole Patterson, Edwin Lee Patterson, William Hartley Holton III, Annie Joyce Holton and Andrew Brazier Holton; and three great-grandchildren, Lynwood Jackson Harris, Lauren Reid Johnson and John Banks Johnson.

Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home of Pelham is in charge of arrangements. To share sympathies and memories with the family, sign the online register book at www.jamerson-braswell.com.