Mary Ann Walker Wardlaw

COLUMBIA - Mary Ann Walker Wardlaw died Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Service will be held at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral at eleven o'clock on Saturday, March 24. Interment will be private. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday at 4374 Chicora Street.

Mrs. Wardlaw was the only child and daughter of Mary Taft Walker and Henry Frost Pinckney Walker. She was born in Charleston, South Carolina, February 6, 1932. She was a graduate of Memminger High School in Charleston, South Carolina, and attended the University of South Carolina where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She made her debut at the Saint Cecelia Ball in Charleston.

A self-taught potter, she immersed herself in the mixing of glazes and creation of pottery. She was one of the founding members of the Midlands Clay Arts Society. She was a member of The Assembly in Columbia as well as the National Society of the Colonial Dames in the State of South Carolina. A great lover of the outdoors, she enjoyed canoeing, swimming and hiking in her early years.

A dynamic and spirited lady, she was a friend to those in all walks of life.

She was the beloved mother of Jeanne Wardlaw Sprott (Tommy) and James Field Wardlaw (Elizabeth). Her grandchildren are William Richard Sprott, Lee Walker Wardlaw and Lucille Jane Wardlaw. She is also survived by her Columbia cousins, Mrs. Julius W. McKay (Betsy Mills), Mrs. Harrison W. Kimbrell (Joyce Taft), and Mr. George R.P. Walker as well as many other cousins.

Memorials may be made to Project Pet/Pawmetto Lifeline, P.O. Box 1777, 29202, or Trinity Foundation.

Expressions of sympathy for the Wardlaw family may be left at www.southcarolinacremation.com.