Mary E. Smith, San Antonio,
Texas, age 84, died on December 25, 2002. She was living in Shelby, Alabama, at
the time of her death.Mary E. Smith, San Antonio,
Texas, age 84, died on December 25, 2002. She was living in Shelby, Alabama, at
the time of her death.
Mary was quite a colorful character. She was very assertive and out-spoken, but also had a kind and considerate spirit. Once you got past her gruff exterior, you learned to love Mary. I counted Mary as one of my friends.
Mary joined the San Antonio Daylily Society in 1976 and was a faithful member who contributed much to the club and to Region 6.
Mary was always one of the highest bidders in the Region 6 Auctions. Before the auction, she would scope out the daylilies that were donated, deciding which ones she wanted to buy. Most of the time you could not out-bid Mary when she decided to buy a daylily at the auction. In 1989, Nell Crandall donated a plant of Hemerocallis 'Satan's Curls' for the auction. When the bidding started, people began their usual bidding trying to get a bargain. From the back of the room, Mary Smith shouted her bid, "Two Hundred Dollars." There was a gasp from the crowd and the auctioneer, after regaining his composure, asked if there were any other bids. There were none so Mary's $200 bid bought the daylily. At that time, that was the highest bid the Region 6 Auction had ever had. Mary immediately presented H. 'Satan's Curls' back to the auction and it was sold again, but not at such a high bid. Mary did theses kinds of things to support Region 6.
She is greatly missed.
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