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1941
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2025
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Gerald May Obituary
GERALD AARON MAY, 84, of Branchland, passed away Friday, April 25, 2025. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at the Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville, by Pastor Jamie Clay. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Huntington.
He was born January 15, 1941, in Guyandotte, WV, a son of the late Isaac and Ella Massie May.
He is survived by his wife, Judy May; two daughters, Debora Dutton (George) of Huntington and Ella L. "Penny" May of Branchland; one stepson, Kermit Eaves (Tonja); three grandsons, Dustin Eaves, Shawn Eaves, and Wyatt Eaves; five great-grandchildren, Kloee Eaves, Kai Eaves, Aiden Ridley, Isaac Eaves, and Levi Eaves; and one sister, Joyce Kathleen Eplin of South Bloomfield, Ohio.
Visitation will be from Noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday prior to the service.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.timeformemory.com/wallace.
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Wallace Funeral Home - Barboursville1159 Central Avenue P.O. Box 7, Barboursville, WV 25504
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1:00 p.m.
Wallace Funeral Home - Barboursville1159 Central Avenue P.O. Box 7, Barboursville, WV 25504
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