MAY ELLEN (JOHNSON) MOON

MAY ELLEN JOHNSON MOON WAS BORN DECEMBER 3, 1918 TO THE LATE ELEAZOR GORDON JOHNSON AND THE LATE ZOLA ELIZABETH WARREN JOHNSON, SHE WAS THE 6TH OF 7 CHILDREN. MAY WAS EDUCATED IN ARKANSAS AND OBTAINED A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN EDUCATION. SHE TAUGHT SCHOOL UNTIL SHE MOVED TO MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AND WORKED FOR THE DEFENSE DEPOT UNTIL HER RETIREMENT. SHE ALSO WORKED FOR THE MEMPHIS VISITOR'S BUREAU FOR APPROXIMATELY 11 YEARS. AFTER RETIREMENT, MAY VISITED 5 OF 7 CONTINENTS: EUROPE, SOUTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, ASIA AND NORTH AMERICA. SHE DOCUMENTED EACH JOURNEY IN A DIARY. MAY MET AND MARRIED JUNE MOON IN PINE BLUFF, AR IN 1943. TO THIS UNION 4 CHILDREN WERE BORN: JACQUELINE, DONNA, JEFFREY AND DANIEL.

SHE ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AND JOINED CENTENARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN 1948 WHERE SHE SERVED ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR OVER 20 YEARS. AND SHE RECENTLY RECEIVED AN HONORARY PLAQUE FROM THE VIVIAN JONES WOMEN'S SUBGROUP. SHE HAS ALWAYS LOVED AND CHERISHED HER CHURCH AND HER FAMILY. SHE HAD A LOVE FOR SERVING OTHERS AND GOD. SHE ALWAYS PARTICIPATED IN ALL HER CLASS REUNIONS AT DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: HER HUSBAND JUNE, ONE DAUGHTER; DONNA, GRANDSON; KALONGI, 5 SIBLINGS; GORDON, WARREN, HAROLD, RONALD AND DORIS.

SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES AND LOVE: 3 CHILDREN: JACQUELINE, JEFFREY (  ), DANIEL (JOLETTA), 1 SISTER: MARIAN VIRGINIA FOWLER ARMSTRONG, 8 GRANDCHILDREN: ANGELA, PAMELA, STEPHEN, TIA, FREDERICK, TIANA, JANNA AND DONNA. 9 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: 3 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF NEICES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.

GILLESPIE & KELLY FUNERAL HOME (KELLY SMITH-NEPHEW) 2420 ARCH STREET LITTLE ROCK, AR  IS  IN CHARGE OF THE LOCAL ANNOUCEMENTS, WE INVITE YOU TO SIGN THE ONLINE CONDOLENCE, SEND FLOWERS AND LIGHT A "IN MEMORY OF" CANDLE FROM RIGHT HERE ON OUR WEBSITE.

E. H. FORD MORTUARY SERVICES 3390 ELVIS PRESLEY BLVD.  MEMPHIS, TN WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE FUNERAL SERVICES IN MEMPHIS.   

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