Mary Ann Glanville Walsh shared a story about Mary Major (Barry)

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In Memory of

Mary Elizabeth
Major (Barry)

1923 - 2017

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The Two Mary's

Mary Barry and my Mom, Mary Doyle were best friends growing up in Prescott. My Mom went in nursing, joined the army nursing sisters and served during the war. Before sailing off to England she was Mary Barry's maid of honour ,when she married Bruce Pearson. My Mom met my Dad overseas. They were married in Saskatoon in 1947. Mary Barry attended my Mom's wedding along with her mother Agnes Doyle.

My Dad's job took our family all over the country. When my Dad retired, they moved to Maitand. Mom lived there for a few years and finally moved to Halifax to be close to me. She lived here until she died in 2012. My Mom and Mary kept in touch with regular phone calls through all those years.

When I brought my Mom's ashes back to be buried in Maitland with my Father, I stopped in to visit your Mother. I had some ratty old photo albums that your Mom enjoyed. She was able to tell me who everyone was and all about the antics at Blakey's Point during their teenage years. She told me she always envied my Mother because her Dad gave her the $175 to go in nursing at Hotel Dieu in Kingson. Captain Barry wouldn't let your Mother go.

That afternoon with your Mom really gave me a sense of closure about my Mother's death. I had a strong sense of the brave young woman she was. They were quite a pair, those two Mary's!

Posted by Mary Ann Glanville Walsh

Sunday February 5, 2017 at 8:43 pm