The Vestal News (Vestal, NY) published Dec. 1, 1960, page 7:
Earl Desmond May (1885 - 1960)
"Obituaries Earl D. May Sr., 75, died Nov. 21 at his home, 1820 Vestal Rd. He has been a grocer in Twin orchards for 20 years.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Randall Nash of Clinton, TN, and Mrs. Frances Besley of Cortland; two sons, Earl D. May Jr. of Binghamton and William May of Dryden RD 1, and several grandchildren. He was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Nativity of Endicott.
From the H.O. Most Funeral Home in Vestal, the body was taken to the Bush Funeral Home, Cortland, for funeral services on Nov. 25. The pastor Mr. Ma__ church, Rev. Paul J. Tritsch__ officiated. Burial was in Marathan."