Robert May

Robert Andrew “Bob” May, age 86, of Carrollton, KY, passed this life on Saturday, August 10, 2019 at his home.  He was born in The Fork, Marion County, KY on September 6, 1932 to William Marion and Gladys Pauline Boswell May.  Bob was a member of the Carrollton Christian Church – Disciples of Christ, NEA, KEA, Kentucky Retired Teachers Association, the NRA and the “Hour of Power” coffee club at Welch’s Restaurant in Carrollton.  Since graduation from Danville High School, he has been an educator most of his life, graduating from Campbellsville College with a Bachelors degree and attaining a Masters Degree from Western Kentucky University and his Rank 1 from the University of Kentucky.  Bob began his career as a teacher/counselor at Meade County High School and then to various schools throughout Kentucky.  He served as Guidance Counselor with Williamstown Independent Schools, Assistant Principal at Carroll County High School, Principal at Carroll County Middle School, Superintendent of Trimble County School System and Principal of Prestonburg High School.  Bob was at one time a partner in Craftsman Insulation Co. in Carrollton, KY and also served his country in the U.S. Army from September 21, 1953 until July 28, 1955.

Bob leaves behind his wife; Sandra Weaver May, his daughter; Jenna Lynn May Stevens and her husband Rob of Bedford, KY, a son: Robert Bryan May and his wife Cathy Horn May of Lexington, KY,  four grandchildren; Abigail Lucille May, Jackson Weaver May Robert Benjamin Stevens and Katherine Shea Stevens, an aunt; Dorothy Semonis and cousins; Gayle Hundley and Roseanne Sinkhorn.