Born: March 20, 1870, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois (birth name: Ma­ry Whit­tle).

Died: Au­gust 20, 1963, East North­field, Mass­a­chu­setts.

Buried: North­field, Mass­a­chu­setts.

May was the daugh­ter of hymn­ist Dan­iel Whit­tle, and wife of Wil­liam R. Moody (son of 19th Cen­tu­ry evan­gel­ist Dwight Moo­dy). She at­tend­ed Dwight Moo­dy’s Girl’s School in North­field, Mass­a­chu­setts; Ober­lin Coll­ege (1888-9); and the Roy­al Acad­e­my of Mu­sic in Lon­don (1890-1). A gift­ed sing­er, she as­sist­ed her fa­ther and Dwight Moo­dy in their evan­gel­ism ef­forts, and co-ed­it­ed (with Charles M. Al­ex­an­der) North­field Hymn­al No. 3.

Sources

Music

1. Hope of the Com­ing of the Lord, The
2. They Tell Me the Sto­ry of Je­sus Is Old
3. Whittle