Background
High, Mary Elizabeth Hilley was born on March 24, 1920 in Wilson, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Howard Stevens Hilley and Maggie Tucker.
High, Mary Elizabeth Hilley was born on March 24, 1920 in Wilson, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Howard Stevens Hilley and Maggie Tucker.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Atlantic Christian College, 1939. Master of Education, East Carolina University, 1972.
File clerk United States Army Depots, Richmond, Virginia, 1941—1944, chief personnel. Teacher Nash County Schools, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 1966—1982. President Nash County Association Classroom Teachers, Nashville, 1976—1977.
Member North Carolina State School Accreditation Board.
Member Planning Board, Nashville, 1964—1966. Former chairman North Carolina Association Educators, Secondary Division. Former president North Carolina Art Education Association.
Member acquisitions committee Nash County Arts Council, 2001—2003. Member of North Carolina Museum Art, Womens' Society Christian Service, Barton Society, Friends Cooley Library., Friends Braswell Library., Kappa Delta Pi, Delta Kappa Gamma.
Married Larry Allison High, May 12, 1940. Children: Rebecca Elizabeth Tingen, Larry Allison, Robert Marshal, Margaret Almand Nowell.