Nelda Faye

May

-
image description
IN LOVING MEMORY

Nelda Faye May

May 07 1935 - May 27 2021

Nelda Faye May - age 86 - of Little Elm, Texas, passed away May 27, 2021. Nelda was born May 7, 1935, in Onia, Arkansas, to Ed & Delma (Sutterfield) Moore. She married James Isaac May on June 12, 1954, in Corinth, Mississippi.

She is survived by her daughter, Jamie Green & husband Terry; grandson & wife - Jared & Kylie Short; granddaughter & husband - Katy & Tyler Bradley; great-grandchildren - Gwynn, Asher, Teagan, & Colbie; and siblings - Hazel Reed, Lorene Brown, Bernece Atkison, Nova Braley, Don Moore, & Evelyn Rhoades.

A proud sister, wife, mother, grandmother, & friend. She worked as a hairdresser at Midway Beauty Salon in Dallas from 1954 until retiring to Greenbriar, Arkansas, on the 3M Ranch in 1979. A devout Bible Study Fellowship Leader. A devoted Foster Mom - alongside her husband, they fostered & raised at least 100 boys. They began their journey at Buckner Boy’s Ranch in 1987. They continued their mission at Azleway Boys Home before finally fostering out of their home in Tyler & opening Bent Tree Boys Ranch.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, & sister - Norma Quinn.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, June 5, 2021, at Berkshire Chapel, 9073 Berkshire Dr., Frisco, Texas. An inurnment will be held at Old Celina Cemetery in Celina, Texas, at a later date.

For those not in attendance, the service will be live streamed promptly at 2:00 PM on the Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home, Frisco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow-Frisco-757595044332865/

 

Memorials

absolute-header