May Faris McKinney

May Faris McKinney ( Faris; after marriage, Mrs. Roy Weaks McKinney; nickname, "May-Roy";

Early life and education May Mourning Faris was born at the home of her parents, Maple Hall, in Hickman, Kentucky, on June 23, 1874. A member of the UDC, she was a charter member and officer of the chapter at Hickman.

McKinney's grandfather, Richard Alexander Faris, was a native of North Carolina and spent his active life as a planter in Mississippi County, Missouri. His wife was Ethelinda Harris. Ethelinda's father, Samuel Harris, was a member of the Rowan County, North Carolina Committee of Safety during the Revolutionary war. and for two years, she served as its president. For two years, she was president of the Kentucky chapter; two years, chair of the General History Committee; two years, chair of the General Finance Committee; ten years, treasurer of the Shiloh Monument Committee; and three years, chair of the committee to provide a monument to Jefferson Davis at his Kentucky birthplace.For three years, she served as Recording Secretary-General. An interesting incident in her career as Recording Secretary-General happened at Washington, D.C. when McKinney locked up in a room some newspaper reporters until they agreed to omit from their stories of the convention certain remarks made on the floor by members, but that were not typical of the best in the UDC. On the score of her work in these various offices, McKinney was placed in nomination and elected President General of the UDC at Tampa, Florida, on November 19, 1919.

She was a member and president for two years of the Paducah Woman's Club; a member of the River Raisin Chapter at Lexington of the National Society of United States Daughters of 1812; and Chaperon of Forrest's Cavalry Corps. McKinney was a member of the DAR; for two years, she served as Regent