Hertford County NcArchives Obituaries.....Maddrey, Mabel Claire Hoggard 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kay Early puzlelady8109@aol.com January 17, 2008, 1:56 pm Newspaper Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Mabel Claire Hoggard Maddrey Mabel Claire Hoggard Maddrey passed away on Monday, January 14, 2008 at the age of 100. Burial will be at the Ahoskie Cemetery in Ahoskie, North Carolina at 12 noon on Thursday, January 17, 2008. The memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 17, 2008 at First Baptist Church 99 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, with Dr. Daniel Day and the Reverend Michael Morris officiating. Visitation will follow immediately after the service in the Church. A native of Ahoskie, she was born April 27, 1907, the daughter of Charlie C. Hoggard and Tulie E. Hoggard. She graduated from Meredith College in 1928 and from Columbia University with a Masters Degree in History in 1929. In 1931, she married Charles Gordon Maddrey. She remained active at Meredith College her entire life and was named a Trustee Emerita and was a recipient of Outstanding Alumna Award. She was the first Chairperson of Meredith College Heritage Society (Planned Giving) and established the Mabel Claire Maddrey Scholarship Fund. She was very proud of being instrumental in the planning, design and fundraising of Jones Chapel, dedicated in 1982. Meredith College honored her by dedicating the Mabel Claire Maddrey Parlor in the Alumnae House. She was past President of the North Carolina Baptist Women’s Missionary Union and in the 1950’s was the first woman to be elected nationwide to the Southern Baptist Convention Board. She was a gifted speaker and spoke in numerous Baptist Churches throughout North Carolina. She served as a Deaconess in both First Baptist Church of Ahoskie and First Baptist Church of Raleigh. In July 1998 she was featured on the front page of the New York Times in front of First Baptist Church, Raleigh, in the article about Baptist Churches withdrawing from the Southern Baptist Convention because of its positions on women and their role in the Baptist Church. On the occasion of her ninetieth birthday, Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. proclaimed that day Mabel Claire Maddrey Appreciation Day and the Proclamation stated in part, “Mabel Claire Maddrey embodies the spirit of public service and neighbor helping neighbor, inspiring the best in others, and Whereas Mabel Claire Maddrey personifies dignity, grace and perfection in all her endeavors and Whereas Mabel Claire Maddrey continues to serve the people of North Carolina and cares deeply about the community and the State.” She was active in the N. C. Federation of Women’s Clubs for over sixty years and served as State President and as a past President of the Raleigh Woman’s Club. A Parlor in the Raleigh Woman’s Club building is named in her honor. Politically she has been Chairperson for North Carolina women for a major Gubernatorial Candidate, Chairperson for North Carolina women for a major Presidential Candidate and past President of the Democratic Women of Wake County. In the late 1960’s she initiated the highly popular annual Jefferson- Jackson Day breakfast, which is held annually. She was a past President and Member of the Sir Walter Cabinet for over fifty (50) years. She was a past member of the North Carolina Economic Development Board and a Director of the North Carolina Museum of Natural History. Mrs. Maddrey was the recipient of the Governor’s Award for Distinguished Service, inductee in Raleigh’s YWCA Academy of Women and North Carolina Council for Women Distinguished Women Award. She has been featured as a News & Observer Tar Heel of the Week. Her interests in life were Good Causes, Good Government and Christian Citizenship. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles Gordon Maddrey. She is survived by her children, Charles H. Maddrey and wife, Rose Maddrey of Atlanta, Georgia and Joseph G. Maddrey and wife, Elizabeth Maddrey of Eden, North Carolina, four grandchildren, Charles Gordon Maddrey, II, Gregory Hoggard Maddrey, Claire Webb Maddrey and Joseph Huntley Maddrey. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mabel Claire Maddrey Scholarship Fund, Meredith College, 3800 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607 or the Raleigh Woman’s Club, 3300 Woman’s Club Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27613 or First Baptist Church, 99 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27603. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/hertford/obits/m/maddrey555nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 4.9 Kb