Mary Anne Jones Horton 1928 - 2016

MA's mama died last Sunday morning in her sleep. The girls called her Anna. She believed that a woman should be in the paper three times: when she was born, when she married and when she died. Her third mention is here.

Her husband of 67+ years, Ira, misses her terribly. They were a devoted couple, a model of what it means to do for one another. We are glad to be able to spend a couple of weeks seeing Ira every day.  We had a service at the Franke, where they have lived for the last nine years, and a graveside service in Orangeburg on May 26th.

Anna loved her children and her granddaughters. She was very happy to make it to Caroline's wedding last fall. She spent hours in the garden while Mary Anne was growing up, and loved her social life in Orangeburg, including weekly bridge parties. She was always impeccably dressed. She knew her Bible better than anyone we know. She was an avid reader beyond that as well, especially British literature. She practically memorized the Samuel Pepys diaries, quoting entire stories and laughing and laughing.

We will always miss Anna.

1968

Alice, Mary Anne, Anna

Laughing before the wedding  1983