Mary Reynolds^[1]

1918 - 2006  (87 years)

• Name	Mary Reynolds
  Born	18 Jun 1918	Pittsylvania Co., Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	21 Feb 2006	Gretna, Virginia
  Buried	Greenpond Baptist Church Cemetery, Climax, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia   [2]
  Person ID	I19692	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	James Wyatt Reynolds,   b. 28 Apr 1874, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 13 May 1955, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Claudia Mae 'Claudie' Jefferson,   b. 25 Oct 1878, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 26 Jul 1967, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 88 years)
  Married	22 Nov 1899	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Family ID	F518495572	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Mary Reynolds Berry College Alumni Accent April 2006

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Reynolds Star-Tribune (Chatham, VA) - Tuesday, February 28, 2006 GRETNA - Mary Reynolds, 87, of 595 Vaden Drive, Gretna, formerly of Chatham, died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006, at Gretna Health Care Center. She was born on June 18, 1918, in Pittsylvania County, the daughter of the late James Wyatt Reynolds and Claudia Jefferson Reynolds. She got her BS degree from Radford State Teachers College; MA degree from George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. She studied at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Kentucky, at Columbia Seminary in Atlanta, Ga., and Emory University School of Theology. She taught at Alabama College in Montevallo, Ala., Judson College, Marion, Ala., and Berry College, Rome, Ga., where she taught and served as Dean of Women and also Associate Dean of Students. She was active in a number of organizations, and was ordained a deacon in the 1st Baptist Church in Rome, Ga. She was one of the first women to serve. She was elected deacon and chairman of the deacons in the Chatham Baptist Church. She also served as trustee and taught the Treadway Bible Class as long as she was able. She was a trustee of Hargrave Military Academy; a member of the William Pitt D.A.R. and United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was predeceased by four sisters, Eva R. Cooper, Janie R. Hayden, Daisy R. Stutz and Norma R. Nuckols; four brothers, Frank Reynolds, Bill Reynolds, Sam Reynolds, and Oscar Reynolds. She is survived by seven nieces and five nephews, Carol Lee Cooper, Betty Akers, Claudia Aaron, Linda Calhoun, Edna Krebs, Marie Murphy, and Charlotte Vincent, David Hayden, Steve Reynolds, Ceph Reynolds, Wallace Reynolds and William Reynolds. Memorial services will be conducted at Chatham Baptist Church on Saturday, March 4, at 2 p.m., the Rev. Charles Warnock officiating. The family suggests in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the Chatham Baptist Church Scholarship Fund or to the Berry College Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 490069, Mount Berry, Ga. 30149. Scott Funeral Home of Chatham is in charge of the arrangements.

  
  

• Sources

  [S100] Internet Source, http://www.berry.edu/alumni/accent/april06.htm. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20593621/mary-reynolds. Mary Reynolds Birth: 18 Jun 1918 Death: 21 Feb 2006 (aged 87) Burial: Greenpond Baptist Church Cemetery Climax, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Parents James Wyatt Reynolds, 1874?1955 Claudia Mae Jefferson Reynolds, 1878?1967 Siblings Frank Wyatt Reynolds, 1901?1974 Daisy Lillian Reynolds Stutz, 1903?1994 William S Reynolds, 1905?1962 Eva Frances Reynolds Cooper, 1907?1986 William Howard Reynolds, 1910?1991 Oscar Wade Reynolds, 1912?2003 Janie Reynolds Hayden, 1914?1984 Norma Reynolds Nuckols, 1921?1985