The following obit was in the paper today, Monday, Oct 23, 2006.... Doris Mayson Perry [The State, Columbia, SC Oct 23, 2006) LEXINGTON - Graveside service for Doris Mayson Perry, 79, will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be Tuesday 9:30-10:30 a.m. at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, Columbia. Mrs. Perry, wife of the late Robert E. Perry, died Sunday, October 22, 2006: Born in Edgefield County, she was the daughter of the late William Wallace and Aurelia Seigler Mayson. Retired from the S.C. Tax Commission, she was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, and enjoyed golf. Surviving are her brother and sister-in-law, William and Mary Mayson of West Columbia; and nieces and nephews. The family extends their thanks and appreciation to the doctors and staff of Lexington Extended Care for their service and care during Mrs. Perry's long illness. According to HC Ouzts' Mayson file, she descends from this Mayson family: 1. James Mayson, Col. (b. 1733 Glascow Scotland, d. 1799) m.1. Miriam Harrison [Fam ?], 2. Ann Elizabeth Goude (d. 8/26/1775 Edgefield SC), 3. Henrietta Hart (b. 1760, d. 1805)[Fam ?], 1776, AmRev McC Judge in Newberry SC. 2. [2nd wife] James Robert Mayson (b. 1762 SC, d. 3/11/1805) m. Nancy Ann Conway (b. 1766 VA, d. 11/13/1856 Edgefield SC), McC Edge Note 3. George Conway Mayson (b. 1804 SC, d. 1867) m. Susannah E. (Susan) Harrison (b. 1812 SC)[d/o Mary (Polly) Hollingsworth & James Harrison], [1850] Susan [1870][1880] Edge Note McC 4. William Wallace Mayson, Sr. (b. 1837 Edgefield SC, d. 6/24/1856)[1850](m. Mary Elizabeth Sullivan (b. 12/18/1860 Edgefield SC, d. 1/4/1936), Edge Note McC 5. William Wallace Mayson, Jr. (b. 8/21/1890 Edgefield SC, d. 9/3/1947) m. Aurelia Seigler (b. 6/23/1892 Edgefield SC, d. 12/7/1965)[d/o Martha E. (Mattie) Timmerman & Walter S. Seigler], Mt Vernon Meth McCormick SC McC 6. Doris Mayson [1928](m. Perry) [Now more info. can be added from the above obit.] Soources cited: 1. [####] denotes a census record. 2. Mc = a McCormick book, McCormick Families, I think 3. Edge Note = Edgefield Death Notices and Cem. Records by Carlee McClendon. Please post any corrections or additiona to all by doing a reply ALL. I research the Perrys but I cannot make the attachment of her husband Robert E. Perry to the ones I have. Lots of Robert Perrys in HC's Perry file, but I cannot determine which one would fit. Does anyone have his parents and grandparents? Billie Jones