1904 - 1940 (36 years)
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Name |
Mary Lunsford Hayne |
Birth |
6 Nov 1904 |
Baltimore, Maryland |
Gender |
Female |
Death |
17 Dec 1940 |
Congaree, SC |
Person ID |
I134398 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
1 Jul 2015 |
Father |
James Adams Hayne, b. 18 Mar 1872, Baltimore, Maryland d. 13 May 1953, Congaree, South Carolina (Age 81 years) |
Mother |
Frances Douglass Thorn, b. 15 Mar 1874, Blackstock, South Carolina d. 18 Dec 1969, Congaree, South Carolina (Age 95 years) |
Marriage |
20 Oct 1897 |
Blackstock, South Carolina |
Family ID |
F54483 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Mrs. J. Preston Darby, 36, of Congaree died at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Columbia hospital after an extended illness. She was formerly Miss Mary Lunsford Hayne, daughter of Dr. James A. Hayne, state health officer, and Mrs. Hayne of Congaree.
Funeral services will be held at St. John's Episcopal church, of which she was a lifelong member, at Congaree. Further arrangements were incomplete last night.
Mrs. Darby taught for several years at the children's hospital at State Park. She was greatly interested in the work there and was deeply loved by her pupils.
She was educated in the schools of Congaree and at Ashley Hall, Charleston. She taught at Congaree before taking up her work at the children's hospital, which she continued until her last illness.
Mrs. Darby was popular in Columbia society. She had many friends and relatives here and because of her charming personality and lovable character was held in highest esteem.
In 1928 she married Mr. Darby, who survives. Also surviving are her parents; two sons, John Preston Darby, Jr., and Theodore Brevard Hayne Darby; one daughter, Mary Lunsford Hayne Darby; four sisters, Mrs. P.G. Hasell, Mrs. George W. Davis, and Mrs. J.C. Foster of Columbia, and Miss Lillah Hayne of Congaree; two brothers, Dr. Isaac Hayne of Congaree and Dr. James A. Hayne, Jr., of Ridgeland.
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