A house RESOLUTION

 

to EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF Mary Macaulay Brown Shaw OF Sumter COUNTY AND to EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HER LARGE AND LOVING FAMILY AND HER MANY FRIENDS.

 

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of Mary Macaulay Brown Shaw at the age of ninety-five on Sunday, May 7, 2023; and

 

Whereas, born in Huntersville, North Carolina, on January 7, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Mary Macaulay Brown and Frank Derrick Brown.  After the death of her father when she was young, she was reared by her mother, their immediate family, and a close-knit community; and

 

Whereas, she met her husband, the late Charles Lemmon Shaw, while he was a student at Davidson College, and after they married, they made their home in Sumter; and  

 

Whereas, the Shaws remained in Sumter their entire married life, where Mrs. Shaw was devoted to her community, serving as president of the Sumter Junior Welfare League, Sumter Art Association, and Sumter Mental Health Board, among the many club memberships she held; and

 

Whereas, together with her beloved husband of seventy years she reared two fine children, Mary Brown Shaw White and her husband, Dr. Charles White, and Paul Whitworth "Whit" Shaw and his wife, Robin, all of Sumter; and

 

Whereas, her children blessed her with the affection of three loving granddaughters: Mary Macaulay White Smith and her husband, Speaker Murrell Smith; Mary Shaw White Finley and her husband, Justin Finley; and Sarah Corbett Shaw; and 

 

Whereas, Mary Shaw, as she was affectionately known to her grandchildren and close friends, was blessed to see the continuation of her loving family legacy in three great-grandchildren: Mary Brown "Bee" Smith, George Murrell Smith III, and Charles Langston Finley.  She also had two step grandchildren: Matthew Berger and his wife, Lori, with children Riley and Harry, and Sara Tanner and her husband, Ben, with children Hayes and Ella; and

 

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is grateful for the life and legacy of Mary Shaw as a loving, spirited, and devoted, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and for the example of service and kindness she set for all who knew her.  Now, therefore,

 

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

 

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, express their profound sorrow upon the passing of Mary Macaulay Brown Shaw of Sumter County and extend their deepest sympathy to her large and loving family and her many friends.

 

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Mary Macaulay Brown Shaw.

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