From this morning's The State:
CAMDEN — Memorial services for Mary Boykin “Teene” Mustard DuVal will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, August 14, 2009, at Grace Episcopal Church, Camden. The Rev. Douglas L. Holmes and the Rev. William M. Shand, III will officiate. The family will be at the home of Mrs. Usher N. Myers, Jr., 1610 Fair Street in Camden. Burial in Quaker Cemetery will be private.
Mrs. DuVal, widow of Moylan Lansdale DuVal, died on Tuesday, August 11, 2009. She was born in 1915 in Charleston, the daughter of Harry Stoll Mustard, M.D. of Charleston and Sarah Hopkins Haile Mustard of Boykin. She resided in Boykin and Camden from the time of her marriage until she moved to the SC Episcopal Home at Still Hopes in West Columbia. She attended St. Mary’s in Raleigh, NC, graduated from Ward Belmont School in Nashville, TN, and Goucher College in Baltimore, MD, did graduate work at Columbia University in NYC and earned her masters and professional degrees at the University of South Carolina.
Mrs. DuVal, an educator, was a classroom teacher, principal of Camden Junior High School, and retired as assistant superintendent of the Kershaw County School District. It was her interest in education that prompted her to become active in politics. Concerned with the inequities in the values placed on real property, costing the schools many thousands of dollars in tax revenues, she ran unsuccessfully for the SC House of Representatives in 1950 and 1952.
Known for her love and knowledge of history, Mrs. DuVal was on the original commission for the Camden District Heritage Foundation, a founding board member of Historic Camden, and a member of the Kershaw County Historical Society. She was an organizer and served as president of the Business and Professional Women’s Club, the local chapter of the League of Women Voters and the Friends of the Kershaw County Library. She belonged to local, state and national professional education organizations. She served as chairman of the Kershaw County Democratic Party, was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a former member of Springdale Hall Club and the Wateree Sailing Club. She was name the “Kershaw County Mother of the Year’ in 1973 the “Kershaw County Business Woman of the Year” in 1980 and in 1999 received the “Order of the Palmetto.” Mrs. DuVal was dedicated to family, intellectual clarity and community service. She was an active communicant of Grace Episcopal Church and a member of its vestry prior to her move to Still Hopes.
Surviving are her daughters, Mary Boykin “Bebe” DuVal Myers (widow of the late Usher N., Jr.), Katharine “Kitty” Lansdale DuVal Beard and her husband, Henry E., III, Moylan “Molly” Lansdale DuVal Nettles and her husband, William F., III, and Sarah “Sally” Mustard DuVal Campbell and her husband, Jay D., all of Camden; grandchildren, Mary Boykin “Molly” Haile Myers Bridges, Kathryn Nettles Myers, Caroline DuVal Myers Reeves, Sarah Usher Myers, William “Bill” Fletcher Nettles, IV (Elizabeth), Elizabeth DuVal Nettles Crotty (Jerry), Sarah Brennen Nettles; stepgrandchildren, Regen Campbell Parks (Randy), Matthew Campbell (Sherri), Jeffrey Campbell and several great-grandchildren. Also surviving is her sister, Elizabeth “Ridie” Haile Mustard Wooten. She was predeceased by her brother, Harry Stoll Mustard, Jr., M.D.
Memorials may be made to the Talking Book Services-SCSL, P.O. Box 821, Columbia, SC 29202, Historic Camden, P.O. Box 710, Camden, SC 29021 or to the charity of your choice.
Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel, is assisting the family.
Online condolences may be sent to the DuVal family by visiting www.kornegayfuneral.com.
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