"Aunt Mary" as she was affectionately referred to by her nephew Ernest Taylor Pyle; author of several books including Brave Men, Home Country, Ernie Pyle in England, Ernie Pyle's Southwest, and had a newspaper column in over a hundred publications; was buried next to her sister and brother-in-law and share their marker. Aunt Mary was a very loving and devoted wife to George Bales whom she married on September 23, 1908 at the Bono Methodist Church in Dana, Vermillion County, Indiana. He is buried in Riverside Cemetery with his first wife. After the death of her sister, Maria Taylor Pyle, she took care of Will Pyle at the Mound which was originally owned by Lambert Taylor, her father. She was a very godly woman, and loved everyone.

An excerpt from one of Ernie's columns about Aunt Mary:
Winter 1944-45
Hoosier Vagabond
by Ernie Pyle

"She doesn't take after her nephew"

Aunt Mary is almost 79, and her spirit is boundless. She goes all day long, like a 16-year-old. She cooks the meals, cleans the house, works in the garden, does the washing for two or three families, goes to her club meetings and to church, does things for the neighbors, and never finds time to sit down.

I was amused at a letter that came from her the other day. One of our neighbors, Mrs. Howard Goforth, came down with a violent rheumatism.

So Aunt Mary drove over and put hot cloths on her for several hours, got noontime dinner for the farm hands, did the weekly washing, and then got supper ready for them before she came home for her own evening chores.

Next day a blizzard was on. The ice was so thick she didn't dare take the car out of the garage. The snow on the roads was two feet deep and it was bitter cold.

So what did Aunt Mary do? She just bundled up and walked three-quarters of a mile over to Goforths, worked all day, and then walked back in the evening through the snow. She sure doesn't take after her nephew.