1929
Mary
2014
Mary Carlisle McCormac
February 23, 1929 — November 10, 2014
Mary C. McCormac
Clemson, South Carolina
Mary Carlisle McMaster McCormac died Monday, November 10, 2014.
She was born in Winnsboro, South Carolina in 1929, to Christine Gooding McMaster and James Fleming McMaster, Sr.
Mrs. McCormac is survived by her husband of 57 years, Dr. Jack Clark McCormac; daughters, Mary Christine McCormac and Anne Rebecca McCormac Johnson; son-in-law, Edwin Kirk Johnson; sister, Christine Gooding McMaster Harris, sisters-in-law, Rebecca Morgan McMaster and Joann Woods McMaster; and numerous beloved nieces and nephews, as well as her Smolka "pretend grandchildren."
She was predeceased by her brothers, James Fleming McMaster, Jr., Col. Robert Gooding McMaster, and Dr. Spencer Rice McMaster; infant sister, Ella Elliott McMaster; sister-in-law, Evelyn Sloan McMaster; and, brother-in-law, William Melvin Harris.
Mrs. McCormac grew up at Hillcrest Farm, Winnsboro, South Carolina, and graduated from Mt. Zion Institute and Winthrop College (now University) in the Class of 1950. She earned her Master's degree in Zoology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She taught at Hand Junior and Dreher Senior high schools in Columbia, and at Seneca and D.W. Daniel high schools in the Upstate.
She was a member of Clemson United Methodist Church for 57 years, where she belonged to the Naomi-Rebecca Circle and the Fellowship Sunday School Class, and served for many years on the Bereavement Committee and the Altar Guild.
Some of Mrs. McCormac's many activities included over 20 years of service as a charter member of and volunteer with the Clemson Downs Volunteers, and service on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Clemson Community Library. She was a member and former officer of the Foothills Antique Club, a former member of the Cherokee Garden Club, and a member of the Wednesday Night Bridge Club, and several other bridge clubs.
Mary Mac deeply loved her family and her Church, and thoroughly enjoyed her friends, her Clemson Heights neighbors, Winnsboro, good stories, board games, Jeopardy, the Pickens Flea Market, tennis, walking, reading, nature, college basketball, the Braves, the Tar Heels, the Tigers, and South Carolina history. She enjoyed being a Winthrop "Fairest Flower of the Southland," fossil hunting at Edisto, antiquing with her garage sale buddies, and traveling across the United States, and to China, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, Scotland, and Europe. She was up for most adventures, and had an unexpectedly dry sense of humor. She was not opposed to a good prank, once short-sheeting a recently married Methodist minister and his bride.
"The Field Marshal" was tenderhearted, but had advice and instructions for almost everyone, famously telling people not to eat mushrooms out of the yard, to wash the tops of cans before opening them, and not to take medicine in the dark at night. She loved filling her home with family and friends for any occasion, including football game weekends, Sunday dinners, and family events; however, she was known to put guests to work or to require church attendance before feeding them.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM, Thursday at Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home, Central, SC.
Services celebrating the life of Mrs. McCormac will held be at 1 p.m. on Friday, November 14, 2014, at Clemson United Methodist Church, with graveside services to follow at Woodland Cemetery (Cemetery Hill) at Clemson University. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Jack McCormac Endowed Scholarship, c/o Clemson Forever (formerly Clemson Foundation), 110 Daniel Drive, Clemson, South Carolina 29631; the Robert and Rebecca McMaster Book Endowment (providing books for children to keep as their own), c/o Fairfield County Library, 300 Washington Street, Winnsboro, South Carolina 29180; Clemson United Methodist Church, Post Office Box 590, Clemson, South Carolina 29633; and First United Methodist Church, 109 West College Street, Winnsboro, South Carolina 29180.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.robinsonfuneralhomes.com or at Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home, Central, SC.
Clemson, South Carolina
Mary Carlisle McMaster McCormac died Monday, November 10, 2014.
She was born in Winnsboro, South Carolina in 1929, to Christine Gooding McMaster and James Fleming McMaster, Sr.
Mrs. McCormac is survived by her husband of 57 years, Dr. Jack Clark McCormac; daughters, Mary Christine McCormac and Anne Rebecca McCormac Johnson; son-in-law, Edwin Kirk Johnson; sister, Christine Gooding McMaster Harris, sisters-in-law, Rebecca Morgan McMaster and Joann Woods McMaster; and numerous beloved nieces and nephews, as well as her Smolka "pretend grandchildren."
She was predeceased by her brothers, James Fleming McMaster, Jr., Col. Robert Gooding McMaster, and Dr. Spencer Rice McMaster; infant sister, Ella Elliott McMaster; sister-in-law, Evelyn Sloan McMaster; and, brother-in-law, William Melvin Harris.
Mrs. McCormac grew up at Hillcrest Farm, Winnsboro, South Carolina, and graduated from Mt. Zion Institute and Winthrop College (now University) in the Class of 1950. She earned her Master's degree in Zoology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She taught at Hand Junior and Dreher Senior high schools in Columbia, and at Seneca and D.W. Daniel high schools in the Upstate.
She was a member of Clemson United Methodist Church for 57 years, where she belonged to the Naomi-Rebecca Circle and the Fellowship Sunday School Class, and served for many years on the Bereavement Committee and the Altar Guild.
Some of Mrs. McCormac's many activities included over 20 years of service as a charter member of and volunteer with the Clemson Downs Volunteers, and service on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Clemson Community Library. She was a member and former officer of the Foothills Antique Club, a former member of the Cherokee Garden Club, and a member of the Wednesday Night Bridge Club, and several other bridge clubs.
Mary Mac deeply loved her family and her Church, and thoroughly enjoyed her friends, her Clemson Heights neighbors, Winnsboro, good stories, board games, Jeopardy, the Pickens Flea Market, tennis, walking, reading, nature, college basketball, the Braves, the Tar Heels, the Tigers, and South Carolina history. She enjoyed being a Winthrop "Fairest Flower of the Southland," fossil hunting at Edisto, antiquing with her garage sale buddies, and traveling across the United States, and to China, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, Scotland, and Europe. She was up for most adventures, and had an unexpectedly dry sense of humor. She was not opposed to a good prank, once short-sheeting a recently married Methodist minister and his bride.
"The Field Marshal" was tenderhearted, but had advice and instructions for almost everyone, famously telling people not to eat mushrooms out of the yard, to wash the tops of cans before opening them, and not to take medicine in the dark at night. She loved filling her home with family and friends for any occasion, including football game weekends, Sunday dinners, and family events; however, she was known to put guests to work or to require church attendance before feeding them.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM, Thursday at Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home, Central, SC.
Services celebrating the life of Mrs. McCormac will held be at 1 p.m. on Friday, November 14, 2014, at Clemson United Methodist Church, with graveside services to follow at Woodland Cemetery (Cemetery Hill) at Clemson University. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Jack McCormac Endowed Scholarship, c/o Clemson Forever (formerly Clemson Foundation), 110 Daniel Drive, Clemson, South Carolina 29631; the Robert and Rebecca McMaster Book Endowment (providing books for children to keep as their own), c/o Fairfield County Library, 300 Washington Street, Winnsboro, South Carolina 29180; Clemson United Methodist Church, Post Office Box 590, Clemson, South Carolina 29633; and First United Methodist Church, 109 West College Street, Winnsboro, South Carolina 29180.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.robinsonfuneralhomes.com or at Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home, Central, SC.
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