LYDIA VICTORIA HARRISON MAY was a school teacher
and the daughter of Mary Katherine Blackstock and
John Harrison. The Harrisons had come to Eastland
County, TX from Coryell County about 1900. Victoria
was born Aug. 7, 1886, & died in Ranger, TX in Nov.
of 1967. She married Clarence May in 1911. The Mays
had three children: Annie Katherine, who died at
the age of 8 in 1921; Clarence May, Jr. (RHS-1937),
& Doris Mary May Hay (RHS-1939).
Victoria May was a faculty member at Ranger High
School for several years and also was on the Ranger
Jr. College staff a number of years.
HUSBAND: CLARENCE E. MAY, a Ranger, TX pioneer &
business leader was the son of Dr. Thaddeus William
May & Annie A. Brown of Desdemona. He attended school
in Desdemona where his father was the only area
doctor for a period of time and he became a licensed
pharmacist in 1906, moving to Ranger in 1908. He
worked in the drug store of Dr. C.E. Terrell. He
later owned the store for a few years but sold it
during the oil boom in 1917 and started handling
oil leases. Along with A.W. Bowers & E.W. Hodges,
they formed the Guaranty State Bank and built the
largest building in Ranger. He later owned and
operated an insurance agency and at the time of his
death in 1949, he was Secretary/Treasurer of the
First Federal Savings and Loan Association (later,
Olney Savings). He married Lydia Victoria Harrison
in 1911 who was a school teacher. The Mays had three
children: Annie Katherine, who died at the age of 8
in 1921; Clarence May, Jr. (RHS-1937), & Doris Mary
(RHS-1939).