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Mary Ann McMath, 51, Ben Hill Griffin
Wednesday, September 19, 2001
By RHONDA GENTLE
The Ledger

FROSTPROOF -- Mrs. Mary Ann McMath, a citrus packer at Ben Hill Griffin in Frostproof, died of kidney failure Sunday (Sept. 16, 2001) at Florida Hospital in Sebring. She was 51.

"She was a real good person -- willing to do anything that was right. If it was wrong, she was never for that. She preached doing the right thing. She taught her children to do the right thing, and they followed by example," said her son-in-law, David Gaines of Frostproof.

Born in Elloree, S.C., on Aug. 1, 1950, she came to Frostproof from Hendersonville, N.C., in 1967.

She had been employed with Ben Hill Griffin for more than 10 years, and after having been laid off for the summer, was planning to return to work soon.

"She liked having a good time and making everybody laugh. She liked making people happy," Gaines said.

Mrs. McMath was a member of First Baptist Hilltop Church in Frostproof and often participated in activities at the church.

She is survived by her husband, John Henry McMath; sons, Byron Glover and John H. McMath Jr., both of Orlando, Craig McMath, Lake Wales, and Lance McMath, Frostproof; daughters, Gloria McMath and Shontisha McMath, both of Frostproof; mother, Daisy Glover, Elloree, S.C.; brothers, Henry Murray and John Pauling, both of Elloree; sisters, Ruth Murray, Elloree, Susie Robinson, Ethel Glover, Lizzie Gidron, both of New York, Patricia Pauling, Delois Lloyd, both of Orangeburg, S.C.; 15 grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 this evening at First Baptist Hilltop Church, Frostproof. Services will be on Saturday in Elloree, S.C.

Epps Mortuary, Lake Wales.

(published in "The Ledger" newspaper in Lakeland, FL)