Rev. Theophalis May

Lumon May discusses his father, Rev. Theophalis May."My father to me was just a great man. His mom died in childbirth; his father died when he was five. He was homeless all the way until he went into the Navy at age 15. He served at Annapolis in the kitchen as a kitchen helper in World War II.  And he often said the first time he ever had a pair of shoes, the first time he ever was full was because of going in the Navy. "He became an entrepreneur because he didn't want to work for anybody. He renovated Old Christ Church and the L&N Terminal. Lumon said, "He owned Mays Quarter, he owned a grocery store, he owned the taxi stand and the construction business."