Lumon May remembers the great 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."