Ann MacGregor Stewart Gibson Marshall

Ann MacGregor Stewart Gibson Marshall died after a brief illness on Saturday evening, February 3, 2007, at home with her family. Born in Savannah on July 20, 1916, to Josephine Stewart and Freeman Irby Gibson, she was the first grandchild of former Savannah Mayor Murray MacGregor Stewart. Although she lost her hearing at the age of 5, she was an accomplished equestrian, attended Fermata School for Girls in Aiken, S.C., and Pape School in Savannah, and graduated from Ashley Hall in Charleston. A graduate in the first class of Armstrong Junior College, she then graduated with honors from the Journalism School of the University of Georgia. She had a long career as a newspaper reporter, publishing her work in The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, the Savannah Morning News and Evening Press, Newsday, and Newsweek. Her keen interest in current events and in people fueled a lifetime of making friends of all ages, many of whom she met through her reporting, world-wide travels, and her devoted support of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia.

Married to the late John Eugene Marshall, she is survived by their seven children: John Eugene and wife Nan of Savannah; Murray Stewart and wife Helen of Savannah; Ruth Ann and husband Malcolm Bell III of Charlottesville, Cabell Josephine and husband Tom Romer of Charlottesville, Harriet Elizabeth and husband Ray Vane of Macon, Ann Gibson and husband Vince Bailey of Atlanta, and Mollie Meredith and husband Dr. Billy Lennarz of both Virginia and Portland, Oregon.

She was admired and adored by her grandchildren: Andrew and Anna Marshall; Stewart, Joseph and wife Robin, and James Marshall, and Margaret Bishop; Raphael and Margaret Bell; John Marshall, and Paul and Robert Romer; Blair, Catherine and Alexander Vane; MacGregor and Marshall Bailey; MacGregor, Joseph, Meredith and Julia Lennarz. She is also survived by great-grandchildren and by her beloved cousins Charles Waring and Elizabeth Barrow.

The Rt. Rev. Harry W. Shipps will officiate a graveside service on Friday, February 9, 2 p.m. at Bonaventure Cemetery. Her grandsons will serve as pall bearers. Memorials may be sent to The St. Andrew's Society of Savannah Heritage Fund c/o The Savannah Foundation 7393 Hodgson Memorial Dr, Suite 204, Savannah, 31406.