Mary Ann (Munnerlyn)
Anderson
(30 Sep 1928 - 22 March 1954)
Mary Ann Munnerlyn was born September 30, 1928 to William Ford Munnerlyn and Lillian Hamilton Munnerlyn. She was raised on a 30-acre farm between Bryan and College Station, Texas on which the family raised chickens, hogs and horses. She suffered from malaria in 1939 at the age of 11 years. She graduated from A&M Consolidated High School in 1946 and then attended the University of Texas at Austin where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (majored in Radio Broadcasting) in June 1950. Her college career was rich: Secretary of the Students’ Association, an Outstanding Student, Bluebonnet Belle finalist, University Sweetheart nominee, sponsor of Navy R.O.T.C., and member of the Ashbel Literary Society (reporter), Radio Guild (secretary), Orange Jackets, Mortar Board, Spooks, Displaced Persons Committee, Houston Club and Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority (secretary).
Mary’s family had moved to Houston, Texas in the summer of 1947 so, upon graduation, she settled in with them. Mary married Robert G. Anderson on Wednesday, December 6, 1950 in Houston. Their only son, Robert G. Anderson, Jr., was born August 1, 1952 in Houston. Illness haunted Mary during their marriage: malaria again and then leukemia from which she died on March 22, 1954 in Houston, Texas.
Descendant Relation:
James Sr.>Loftis Redlee>Thomas Mixon>George Ford Sr.>William
Mouzon>William
Ford, Sr.>Mary Ann (MUNNERLYN) Anderson
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