Rebecca June Cotten May

Rebecca June Cotten May

Rebecca May Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Sep. 14, 2006.
Rebecca June Cotten May, age 55, died at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 12, 2006, at her home in Nacogdoches, Texas. Memorial service for Rebecca will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, September 15 at Dickie Allen Funeral Home in Cushing with the Reverend John Bingham of First United Methodist Church of Nacogdoches officiating. Burial will be in Nat Cemetery. Rebecca was born January 27, 1951, in Freeport, Texas, the daughter of Leon Brady Cotten Sr. and Opal Ragon Cotten. She was preceded in death by her father, Leon B. Cotten Sr., in 1992. She was married to Gene A. May, and he survives her. She is also survived by her son Nevelle Earnest May; and one granddaughter, Taylor Nicholle May; her mother, Opal R. Cotten; two brothers, Dr. Leon Brady Cotten Jr. and wife, Janice, of Clifton, Texas, Jim Gorden Cotten of Nacogdoches; sister, Carolyn Cotten Turley of Lake Jackson, Texas; nephews, Jason Edward Turley and wife, Heather, of Rosharon, Teas, Callen Ragon Cotten of Clifton, Texas; nieces, Susan Turley Dellamea and husband, Marc, of Houston and Kristen Cotten Bedell and husband, Scott, of Dallas, Texas; great-niece, Madison Leigh Dellamea; and great-nephew, Jack Bruno Dellamea; and numerous cousins and other relatives. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice. Dickie Allen Funeral Directors.

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Hospice A Pineywoods

September 15, 2006

Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

Claude & Jean Montes

September 14, 2006

Claude and I are deeply saddened by your your loss of Becky. Our thoughts are with you and your family. May God comfort you.

Claude and Jean Montes

Shelbie Scogin

September 14, 2006

Don't cry over me

I beg of you please

I have gone home now

and I am at ease.

Your tears are for the pain

and suffering that remains

I feel no remorse for the life I chose to live

though I have some regrets,

because I had so much more to give.

Smile for me as I turn to go and

you will learn what I already know.





Gene and Ernie,

I don't even know what to say. I am so sorry for your loss. I can't even begin to imagine what you are going through. I'm thinking about you both.

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