March 20, 1870, Chicago, Illinois (birth name: Mary Whittle).
August 20, 1963, East Northfield, Massachusetts.
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.