Mary Elizabeth Shoun

• Sex: F
• Born: October 13, 1926 in Jefferson City, Tennessee
• Died: October 23, 1972 while on a weekend trip to Beech Mountain, Banner Elk, North Carolina
• Buried: Funeral services were held at Mann Mortuary chapel in Bearden, Tennessee
• Notes: Mary was a member of The Knoxville Journal's society department and food editor for the newspaper. She was formerly a member of the advertising departments of Miller's and Penny's in Knoxville. She and her family lived in West Hills, Knoxville, Tennessee. Mary was educated in the public schools of Jefferson City and attended Carson-Newman College and the University of South Carolina, from which she was awarded a degree in journalism in 1947. She was editor of the South Carolina student newspaper her senior year. Mary was a member of Church Street United Methodist Church.

Father: Fred McBride Shoun, b. April 19, 1900 in Mountain City, Tennessee -- d. August 26, 1929 in Jefferson City, Tennessee -- parents of Macon Luther Shoun and Mary Jane Doughterty

Mother: Jessie Irene Brooks, b. May 26, 1900 in Jefferson City, Tennessee

Family 1: Russell Howard Herndon

• Married:

1. Russel Macon Herndon, b. 1955 in Tennessee

Sources:

1. Obituary of Mrs. Mary Herndon
2. Research by Martha Dunn