May Davidson

Ms. May Davidson, 92, of The Pines in Davidson, NC died June 22, 2011 at the Pines. She was born May 5, 1919 at Historic Rural Hill, Huntersville, NC, the ancestral home of the Davidson Family. She was the daughter of the late Jo Graham and Annie May Alexander Davidson. May was a direct descendent, the sixth generation, of Major John Davidson and his wife Violet Wilson Davidson, both of whom were North Carolina Patriots during the American Revolution. May was an active member of the Mecklenburg Chapter DAR and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1960. She was a graduate of Womans College in Greensboro. After college May worked for the NC State Department of Agriculture in Raleigh. She then worked in Washington, DC for Senator Joseph W. Ervin, NC., Rep. William Colmer of Pascagoula, MS. and finally completed her Washington career working for Senator Sam Ervin of NC. May was a member of Hopewell Presbyterian Church. Miss Davidson was preceded in death by her brother, John Springs Davidson, Lieutenant Jo Graham, who died while serving in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II and one sister, Elizabeth Hampton Davidson. She is survived by her cousins, Robert Davidson and wife Jane of Columbia, SC, Jim Davidson and wife Cooper of Bahama, NC and Bob Davidson and wife Donnelly of Columbia, SC. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday June 27 at Rural Hill, 4431 Neck Road, Huntersville, NC with the Reverend J. E. Wayland, Jr. Visitation will be after the graveside service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Davidson Burying Grounds% Jim Davidson, 8708 Millhouse Lane, Bahama, NC 27503 or Historic Rural Hill, P. O. Box 1009, Huntersville, NC 28070.