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Mary C. ?May? Hogan Beyer
? Mary Catherine ?May? Hogan Beyer, 89, of Bay St. Louis died Thursday, September 5, 1991, in her home.
Mrs. Beyer, widow of U.S. Navy Commander Charles Beyer, was bom in New Orleans.
The first woman to receive the Hancock County Outstanding Citizen Award in 1982 and named to the	,
1976-77 edition of Who?s Who in American Women, Mrs. Beyer was at the forefront of every charitable drive in Hancock County since she moved to Bay St. Louis in 1946 after her ; husband retired from the Navy. She helped organize the United Way in	1
Hancock County and served as its	t
executive secretary for over 20 years. For 14 years, she served as the chairman of the Hancock County Heart Fund, raising money and actively helping children receive needed medical care. She was instrumental in getting the Senior Citizen and Retired Senior Volunteer Programs started in the county and worked with the Gulf Coast Mental Health Association to have services extended to the county.
Mrs. Beyer also served as a president of the Bay-Waveland Garden Club, was active in the Red Cross for over 20 years, worked as a Gray Lady at the Veterans Hospital in Gulfport, and in 1957, became the first woman to run for the office of mayor of Bay St. Louis.
Grammie is survived by her daughters and their husbands, Betty and Pete Benvenutti and Margaret and Neal Bums of Bay St. Louis; her grandchildren, Peter and Lise Benvenutti of Oakland, Calif., Chuck and Beth Benvenutti, Stephen and Sara Benvenutti, Mike and Mary Ann Benvenutti, Patrick and Lynne Benvenutti, Molly Bums and Ned r Benvenutti of Bay St. Louis, Mary Kay (Benvenutti) and Richard Hubbard of Waveland, Pat Bums of Covington, Ky., and Mary Beth Benvenutti of Walnut Creek, Calif.;
15 great-grandchildren, and a generous circle of friends.	?
A Celebration of Life Mass will be held at St. Augustine?s Seminary in Bay St. Louis on Thursday, September 12, 1991, at 6 p.m.	1-
Memorials may be made to the Hospice Program at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport.
Riemann Funeral Home in Bay St. Louis is in charge of arrangements.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1991