Albert Louis 'A.L.' May (1892-1953) was born on August 22, 1892 at Nola, a rural community about six miles northeast of Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, to William N. May (1866-1953) and Rebecca Elizabeth Carr May (1865-1957). In 1923, he received his bachelor's degree from the George Peabody College at Nashville, Tennessee. May's advanced degrees, Master's and specialist's diploma in school administration, were awarded at Peabody College in 1933 and Columbia University [NYC] in 1938. He had attended Mississippi College for two years before going to Nashville.(Sullivan, 2002, p. 121 and The Daily Herald, July 8, 1953, p. 2)
A.L. May was elected Superintendent of the Biloxi Public Schools and Edna Holley assistant principal in early September 1923 by the trustees of the Biloxi School Board: W.F. Gorenflo; Lily Rose Devitt (1884-1951); W.J. Grant; and Elbert L. Dukate. Professor May had come to Biloxi from Lyman, Harrison County, Mississippi where he had been the principal of the Wood High School. He had commenced his teaching career in the rural area near Holly Springs, Mississippi where he was a 1912 high school graduate. Albert was principal of the Holly Springs school from 1913 to 1914 and of the Sontag School, Lawrence County, Mississippi from 1914 to 1916.(The Daily Herald, September 8, 1923, p. 1)
Professor May was named president of Perkinston Jr. College in 1941. He succeeded Cooper J. Darby who became Chancery Clerk of Harrison County, Mississippi. During his twelve years at Perkinston Junior College the valuation of the college property increased from $500,000 to over one million dollars. Mr. May was energetic and successful in directing the post-War growth and construction at Perkinston JC. His tenure saw a new football stadium [now called A.L. May Stadium], apartment dormitory, boys' dormitory, infirmary and Little Theater, the cafeteria-classroom building, War Memorial Chapel, and vocational building come to fruition. At the time of his demise, the swimming pool and dairy building with pasteurizing plant were being built.(The Daily Herald, July 8, 1953, p. 1)
In addition to his superlative administrative qualities, A.L. May was an outstanding educator. He served as vice president of the Mississippi Association of Colleges in 1950 and as president in 1951. May was a member of the State Accrediting Commission and was formerly on the executive committee of the School Administrators Association. In addition, he was a former president of the Mississippi Junior College Association. Mr. May was also active in civic and parochial affairs. He was past president of the Wiggins Rotary Club and a former Kiwanis at Biloxi and Jackson. Albert L. May was a member of the Magnolia Masonic Lodge of Biloxi. He was a Baptist and taught Sunday School at the Perkinston Baptist Church.(The Daily Herald, July 8, 1953, p. 2)
Albert L. May expired on July 8, 1953 in the Stone County Hospital at Wiggins, Mississippi. His body remained at the Dees Funeral Home in Wiggins until the next day when it was taken to lie in state in the War Memorial Chapel on the Perkinston Junior College campus. Burial occurred on the afternoon of July 9th in the Southern Memorial Park cemetery at Biloxi, Mississippi.(The Daily Herald, July 8, 1953, p. 1)
Mr. May was survived by Velma Wood May (1893-1989), his spouse; and only son, Dr. Albert L. May Jr. (1917-1995), assistant chief of surgery at the US Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida; his parents at Brookhaven; brothers, C.E. May of Meridian, Mississippi and O.M. May of Shreveport, Louisiana; five sisters, Mrs. W.W. White, Brookhaven; Mrs. L.S. Montgomery, Summit; Mrs. W.L. Smith, Vivian, Louisiana; Mrs. David Byrd, Clinton; and Mrs. A.C. Crain, Bogalusa, Louisiana.(The Daily Herald, July 8, 1953, p. 2)
REFERENCES:
Charles L. Sullivan, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College: A History, (Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Press: Perkinston, Mississippi-2002).
The Daily Herald, "Claude Bennett here", September 8, 1923.
The Daily Herald, 'President A.L. May of Perkinston Junior College dies', July 8, 1953, p. 1.
A.L. May was elected Superintendent of the Biloxi Public Schools and Edna Holley assistant principal in early September 1923 by the trustees of the Biloxi School Board: W.F. Gorenflo; Lily Rose Devitt (1884-1951); W.J. Grant; and Elbert L. Dukate. Professor May had come to Biloxi from Lyman, Harrison County, Mississippi where he had been the principal of the Wood High School. He had commenced his teaching career in the rural area near Holly Springs, Mississippi where he was a 1912 high school graduate. Albert was principal of the Holly Springs school from 1913 to 1914 and of the Sontag School, Lawrence County, Mississippi from 1914 to 1916.(The Daily Herald, September 8, 1923, p. 1)
Professor May was named president of Perkinston Jr. College in 1941. He succeeded Cooper J. Darby who became Chancery Clerk of Harrison County, Mississippi. During his twelve years at Perkinston Junior College the valuation of the college property increased from $500,000 to over one million dollars. Mr. May was energetic and successful in directing the post-War growth and construction at Perkinston JC. His tenure saw a new football stadium [now called A.L. May Stadium], apartment dormitory, boys' dormitory, infirmary and Little Theater, the cafeteria-classroom building, War Memorial Chapel, and vocational building come to fruition. At the time of his demise, the swimming pool and dairy building with pasteurizing plant were being built.(The Daily Herald, July 8, 1953, p. 1)
In addition to his superlative administrative qualities, A.L. May was an outstanding educator. He served as vice president of the Mississippi Association of Colleges in 1950 and as president in 1951. May was a member of the State Accrediting Commission and was formerly on the executive committee of the School Administrators Association. In addition, he was a former president of the Mississippi Junior College Association. Mr. May was also active in civic and parochial affairs. He was past president of the Wiggins Rotary Club and a former Kiwanis at Biloxi and Jackson. Albert L. May was a member of the Magnolia Masonic Lodge of Biloxi. He was a Baptist and taught Sunday School at the Perkinston Baptist Church.(The Daily Herald, July 8, 1953, p. 2)
Albert L. May expired on July 8, 1953 in the Stone County Hospital at Wiggins, Mississippi. His body remained at the Dees Funeral Home in Wiggins until the next day when it was taken to lie in state in the War Memorial Chapel on the Perkinston Junior College campus. Burial occurred on the afternoon of July 9th in the Southern Memorial Park cemetery at Biloxi, Mississippi.(The Daily Herald, July 8, 1953, p. 1)
Mr. May was survived by Velma Wood May (1893-1989), his spouse; and only son, Dr. Albert L. May Jr. (1917-1995), assistant chief of surgery at the US Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida; his parents at Brookhaven; brothers, C.E. May of Meridian, Mississippi and O.M. May of Shreveport, Louisiana; five sisters, Mrs. W.W. White, Brookhaven; Mrs. L.S. Montgomery, Summit; Mrs. W.L. Smith, Vivian, Louisiana; Mrs. David Byrd, Clinton; and Mrs. A.C. Crain, Bogalusa, Louisiana.(The Daily Herald, July 8, 1953, p. 2)
REFERENCES:
Charles L. Sullivan, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College: A History, (Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Press: Perkinston, Mississippi-2002).
The Daily Herald, "Claude Bennett here", September 8, 1923.
The Daily Herald, 'President A.L. May of Perkinston Junior College dies', July 8, 1953, p. 1.
Albert Louis 'A.L.' May (1892-1953) was born on August 22, 1892 at Nola, a rural community about six miles northeast of Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, to William N. May (1866-1953) and Rebecca Elizabeth Carr May (1865-1957). In 1923, he received his bachelor's degree from the George Peabody College at Nashville, Tennessee. May's advanced degrees, Master's and specialist's diploma in school administration, were awarded at Peabody College in 1933 and Columbia University [NYC] in 1938. He had attended Mississippi College for two years before going to Nashville.(Sullivan, 2002, p. 121 and The Daily Herald, July 8, 1953, p. 2)
A.L. May was elected Superintendent of the Biloxi Public Schools and Edna Holley assistant principal in early September 1923 by the trustees of the Biloxi School Board: W.F. Gorenflo; Lily Rose Devitt (1884-1951); W.J. Grant; and Elbert L. Dukate. Professor May had come to Biloxi from Lyman, Harrison County, Mississippi where he had been the principal of the Wood High School. He had commenced his teaching career in the rural area near Holly Springs, Mississippi where he was a 1912 high school graduate. Albert was principal of the Holly Springs school from 1913 to 1914 and of the Sontag School, Lawrence County, Mississippi from 1914 to 1916.(The Daily Herald, September 8, 1923, p. 1)
Professor May was named president of Perkinston Jr. College in 1941. He succeeded Cooper J. Darby who became Chancery Clerk of Harrison County, Mississippi. During his twelve years at Perkinston Junior College the valuation of the college property increased from $500,000 to over one million dollars. Mr. May was energetic and successful in directing the post-War growth and construction at Perkinston JC. His tenure saw a new football stadium [now called A.L. May Stadium], apartment dormitory, boys' dormitory, infirmary and Little Theater, the cafeteria-classroom building, War Memorial Chapel, and vocational building come to fruition. At the time of his demise, the swimming pool and dairy building with pasteurizing plant were being built.(The Daily Herald, July 8, 1953, p. 1)
In addition to his superlative administrative qualities, A.L. May was an outstanding educator. He served as vice president of the Mississippi Association of Colleges in 1950 and as president in 1951. May was a member of the State Accrediting Commission and was formerly on the executive committee of the School Administrators Association. In addition, he was a former president of the Mississippi Junior College Association. Mr. May was also active in civic and parochial affairs. He was past president of the Wiggins Rotary Club and a former Kiwanis at Biloxi and Jackson. Albert L. May was a member of the Magnolia Masonic Lodge of Biloxi. He was a Baptist and taught Sunday School at the Perkinston Baptist Church.(The Daily Herald, July 8, 1953, p. 2)
Albert L. May expired on July 8, 1953 in the Stone County Hospital at Wiggins, Mississippi. His body remained at the Dees Funeral Home in Wiggins until the next day when it was taken to lie in state in the War Memorial Chapel on the Perkinston Junior College campus. Burial occurred on the afternoon of July 9th in the Southern Memorial Park cemetery at Biloxi, Mississippi.(The Daily Herald, July 8, 1953, p. 1)
Mr. May was survived by Velma Wood May (1893-1989), his spouse; and only son, Dr. Albert L. May Jr. (1917-1995), assistant chief of surgery at the US Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida; his parents at Brookhaven; brothers, C.E. May of Meridian, Mississippi and O.M. May of Shreveport, Louisiana; five sisters, Mrs. W.W. White, Brookhaven; Mrs. L.S. Montgomery, Summit; Mrs. W.L. Smith, Vivian, Louisiana; Mrs. David Byrd, Clinton; and Mrs. A.C. Crain, Bogalusa, Louisiana.(The Daily Herald, July 8, 1953, p. 2)
REFERENCES:
Charles L. Sullivan, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College: A History, (Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Press: Perkinston, Mississippi-2002).
The Daily Herald, "Claude Bennett here", September 8, 1923.
The Daily Herald, 'President A.L. May of Perkinston Junior College dies', July 8, 1953, p. 1.
A.L. May was elected Superintendent of the Biloxi Public Schools and Edna Holley assistant principal in early September 1923 by the trustees of the Biloxi School Board: W.F. Gorenflo; Lily Rose Devitt (1884-1951); W.J. Grant; and Elbert L. Dukate. Professor May had come to Biloxi from Lyman, Harrison County, Mississippi where he had been the principal of the Wood High School. He had commenced his teaching career in the rural area near Holly Springs, Mississippi where he was a 1912 high school graduate. Albert was principal of the Holly Springs school from 1913 to 1914 and of the Sontag School, Lawrence County, Mississippi from 1914 to 1916.(The Daily Herald, September 8, 1923, p. 1)
Professor May was named president of Perkinston Jr. College in 1941. He succeeded Cooper J. Darby who became Chancery Clerk of Harrison County, Mississippi. During his twelve years at Perkinston Junior College the valuation of the college property increased from $500,000 to over one million dollars. Mr. May was energetic and successful in directing the post-War growth and construction at Perkinston JC. His tenure saw a new football stadium [now called A.L. May Stadium], apartment dormitory, boys' dormitory, infirmary and Little Theater, the cafeteria-classroom building, War Memorial Chapel, and vocational building come to fruition. At the time of his demise, the swimming pool and dairy building with pasteurizing plant were being built.(The Daily Herald, July 8, 1953, p. 1)
In addition to his superlative administrative qualities, A.L. May was an outstanding educator. He served as vice president of the Mississippi Association of Colleges in 1950 and as president in 1951. May was a member of the State Accrediting Commission and was formerly on the executive committee of the School Administrators Association. In addition, he was a former president of the Mississippi Junior College Association. Mr. May was also active in civic and parochial affairs. He was past president of the Wiggins Rotary Club and a former Kiwanis at Biloxi and Jackson. Albert L. May was a member of the Magnolia Masonic Lodge of Biloxi. He was a Baptist and taught Sunday School at the Perkinston Baptist Church.(The Daily Herald, July 8, 1953, p. 2)
Albert L. May expired on July 8, 1953 in the Stone County Hospital at Wiggins, Mississippi. His body remained at the Dees Funeral Home in Wiggins until the next day when it was taken to lie in state in the War Memorial Chapel on the Perkinston Junior College campus. Burial occurred on the afternoon of July 9th in the Southern Memorial Park cemetery at Biloxi, Mississippi.(The Daily Herald, July 8, 1953, p. 1)
Mr. May was survived by Velma Wood May (1893-1989), his spouse; and only son, Dr. Albert L. May Jr. (1917-1995), assistant chief of surgery at the US Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida; his parents at Brookhaven; brothers, C.E. May of Meridian, Mississippi and O.M. May of Shreveport, Louisiana; five sisters, Mrs. W.W. White, Brookhaven; Mrs. L.S. Montgomery, Summit; Mrs. W.L. Smith, Vivian, Louisiana; Mrs. David Byrd, Clinton; and Mrs. A.C. Crain, Bogalusa, Louisiana.(The Daily Herald, July 8, 1953, p. 2)
REFERENCES:
Charles L. Sullivan, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College: A History, (Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Press: Perkinston, Mississippi-2002).
The Daily Herald, "Claude Bennett here", September 8, 1923.
The Daily Herald, 'President A.L. May of Perkinston Junior College dies', July 8, 1953, p. 1.
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