SHIRLEY MAY

Shirley May, 91, a resident of Patterson, died Jan. 31, 2026.
Visitation will be Saturday from 10 a.m. until services at 1 p.m. at St. Luke Baptist Church in Patterson. Burial will follow in Ibert’s Cemetery in Patterson.
She is survived by brother, Arthur Smith of Patterson; 13 children, Sherial May, Sylvia Fields, Marvin May III, Beatrice May and Julia Sterling, all of Patterson, Judy May of Mableton, Georgia, Karen May of Gray, and Lois Palmer and Caprice Britt, both of Stone Mountain, Georgia; 21 grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, seven siblings, husband, four children, and one grandchild.
Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.