Carol May:  

I was known as "Bookie Batten" when I was in school but hated the nickname so I later became known by my legal name, Carol. After graduating from PSHS on Fri. June 3, 1960. Emory May and I got married next Fri. June 10th. We built a home on the Ocala Hwy but leter sold it when we left Palatka in 1968 to attend Baptist Bible Institute in Graceville, Florida. After graduating, I, with a Music diploma; a major in Piano and minor in Organ, we moved to Hattiesburg, Ms. where Emory attended Wm. Carey College. I worked in Big Yank Sewing Factory to help him get through school. There I earned my PHT (putting hubby through). He planned to go to an archeological dig and attend Tel Aviv Uni, but I announced that I was pregnant before his graduation. We left Hattiesburg and moved to Collins, Ms. Emory attended New Orleans Theological Seminary while I remained in Collins with our new son. Emory still planned to attend Hebrew Uni. but I announced that I was pregnant again so he never attended another school! We lived in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Montana, Oregon, and the Fiji Islands, where we served as Missionaries, building churches, helping replant crops and rebuild homes after typhoons. I taught music to East Indian and Fijian children and English as a Second Language in an Australian College. We visited Hawaii, Singapore, Rome, London, Australia, Thailand. After retiring, we moved back to Ms. ...Expand for more