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Conway.....May "Maysie" Howard Wall, 98 died Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at Kingston Nursing Center in Conway, South Carolina. The youngest of six siblings, "Maysie" was born on March 1, 1910 in Darlington, SC to Armstrong Jolly and May Ervin Howard. She grew up in Darlington, and graduated from St. John's High School in 1927 and attended Converse College, where a scholarship is named in her honor. In addition to her five older siblings Richard, Louise, Jolly, Harriet, and William, she grew up surrounded by myriad double-first, first, second and more distant cousins, all of whom enriched her life through the years. On March 15, 1936, she married E. Craig Wall, Sr., who died in 1985. She is survived by three daughters, May Ervin Wall of Hartsville, SC, Harriet Wall Martin of Chapel Hill, NC, and Nell Wall Otto of Greenwich, CT, as well as her daughter-in-law, Judith Atkins Wall, wife of her late son, E. Craig Wall, Jr., who died in 1997. Both her husband and son were elected to the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame and were instrumental in the development of South Carolina, collectively serving on the boards of the Federal Reserve, Duke Endowment, Davidson College, NationsBank predecessor of Bank of America, Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina Commission for Higher Education, as well as on other boards and in other positions. Mrs. Wall is also survived by eight grandchildren: Judith Wall Guest, E. Craig Wall III, Benjamin Wall, D. Grier Martin III, May Martin Bryan, Blair Otto, Sarah Otto, and Jay Otto, two sons-in-law, David Grier Martin, Jr. and John F. Otto, Jr., eight great-grandchildren, a special nephew, Richard Howard and his wife, Snoots, and her great friends and employees, Johnny Bellamy and Laura Grate. The family would also like to express a special thank–you to Doris Gallashaw, Brenda Gore, and Frances Bryant. Mrs. Wall was named an honorary founder of Coastal Carolina University in 2000. Her husband was honored in 1987 as one of the original founders of the university, and her son, E. Craig Wall, Jr., an active leader in many facets of the school, was named an honorary founder in 2005. The College of Business Administration at Coastal Carolina is named after her husband. Mrs. Wall was active in the Tuberculosis Association and the Horry County and South Carolina Mental Health Associations. Known as both "Baby" and "Mababy" to her grandchildren, Maysie was a championship tennis player and was renowned for her love for and skill at fishing, gardening, golf, and bridge. She had an amazing sense of humor and a knack for frugality. She was a dedicated and active member of the Kingston Presbyterian Church. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 13, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. with the Rev. Don Stiens officiating. Interment will follow in Lakeside Cemetery directed by Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 7:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials, in lieu of flowers, may be made to Kingston Presbyterian Church, 800 Third Avenue, Conway, SC 29526 or Mercy Hospice & Palliative Care, P. O. Box 50640, Myrtle Beach, SC 29579. Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

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May Maysie Howard Wall

September 11, 2008