Ann M. May, 87, of Covington, passed away December 17, 2016. May was an honors graduate of Porterdale High School. She went on to attend Tift College in Forsyth. May worked for 10 years with Harper & Row Publishers, school department, in Atlanta. During her tenure with Harper & Rowe, she was responsible for organizing its first office. May also authored the manual for the southeastern personnel of Harper & Rowe, inclusive of the eight states covered by the company. Due to her husband’s job relocation, she moved to the Washington, DC, where she worked as an administrative assistant for the trust department of Union Trust Bank. Before moving back to Covington, May retired in 1986 from Lorentz Radio Consulting in Washington, DC, where she worked as an office manager. She was a member of Porterdale Presbyterian Church, and was also a charter member of Good Samaritan Presbyterian Church in Waldorf, Maryland. May enjoyed reading and gardening in her spare time. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas A. May; son, Kenneth May; parents Henry H. and Lucille (Chapman) Kirk; brothers, William H. Kirk, Cecil Wayne Kirk, Lamar Kirk.

A private memorial service will be held at a later date.

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