Background
Whittington, Mary Jayne Garrard was born on August 13, 1915 in Monteagle, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of William Mountjoy and Mabelle Moseley (Smith) Garrard.
Whittington, Mary Jayne Garrard was born on August 13, 1915 in Monteagle, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of William Mountjoy and Mabelle Moseley (Smith) Garrard.
Graduate, National Cathedral School, 1934. Student, King-Smith Studio School, 1934—1935.
Freelance writer & columnist, Greenwood, Mississippi, from 1956. Contributing editor Delta Review, Memphis, 1964—1969, Mississippi Magazine, 1977—1982. Served to captain Women's Army Corps, 1942-1945.
Board directors Mimi Garrard Dance Company, New York City, International Ballet Competition IV, Jackson, Mississippi, Mississippians Educational television, Friends of Art in Mississippi, Friends of Art Museum, Naples, Florida, Center Study Southern Culture, Oxford, Mississippi, member. Trustee Ballet Mississippi. Board governors Greenwood Little Theatre, 1956—1966, 1975—1982.
Member, executive board Greenwood Foundation Arts, 1962—1983. Member of Daughters of the American Revolution, Kappa Pi (honorary), National Society Colonial Dames, Southern Debutante Assembly, National League American Pen Women, Delta Cotton Wives, Order Crown American Junior Auxiliary (life), First Families Virginia, Greenwood Country Club, Greenwood Garden Club, Arts Club (Naples).
Married William Madison Whittington, December 27, 1945. Children: Jamie Garrard Whittington Gasner, William Madison, Anna Aven.