Mary Ferrell (Molly) Reily, died peacefully at home, surrounded by family, on June 26, 2012.
Molly Reily was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on June 19, 1930 to Wesley Luther Ferrell and Jane Ruffin Ferrell. She was a graduate of St. Catherine's School in Richmond and attended Hollins College before moving to New Orleans in 1951.
Molly Reily is survived by her five children, Molly Tullis Yoder (Joseph) and their children Ruffin Howard Chevalau (Rob), Cassady Yoder, and Mahon Yoder; Eli Watson Tullis, Jr. (Taylor) and their children Elizabeth Tullis and Eli W. Tullis, III; Garner Hugh Tullis, II (Mary) and their children, Gretchen Tullis Cannon (Kyle), Molly Tullis, Marilee Tullis, Jane Tullis, and Rachael Tullis; Wesley Luther Ferrell Tullis (Sandi) and their children, Sarah Brewster Tullis Larsen (Stephen), Anna Tullis, Wesley L.F. Tullis, Jr.; Mary Tullis, Isaac Tullis, and Daniel Tullis; Stephen Rourke Reily (Emily Bingham) and their children, Cason Reily, Henrietta Reily and James Barry Bingham Reily, and 6 treasured great-grandchildren.
She is also survived by three stepsons whom she treated as her own, Timothy Sean Reily and his children Katy Reily Roubion (Dennis), Kelly Reily, and Kristie Reily; Jonathan Dicks Reily and his children, Winston Reily and Crispin Reily Tullis (Cason); Patrick Manning Reily (Dale) and his children, Michael Reily (Heather Thiessen) and Gavin Reily (Darlene); and 9 treasured step-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Jane Ferrell Clay, and three nieces.
She was predeceased by her beloved husband of 26 years, James Weaks Reily, Jr.; her stepson, Michael Meredith Reily, and her step-grandson, James W. (Jimbo) Reily, II.
A lifetime of community service in her adopted hometown began in 1953 when she joined the Junior League of New Orleans. She later served as a member of League's Board and in 1981 won its Sustainer Award (her mother-in-law, Mrs. James W. Reily, Sr., won the first such award in 1958) in recognition of her volunteer work in the community. For many years she served as a fundraiser and member of the Board of Trustees of the United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area as well as a member of the Vestry of Trinity Episcopal Church and the Board of Trustees of Metairie Park Country Day School. Together with her friend Marjorie Moran she raised the first funds required to establish the St. Thomas Community Health Center. In recent years she worked as a volunteer at Project Lazarus (where she won its Guardian Angel Award in 2001) and for the Loaves and Fishes program at Trinity Church, and as a member of the Board of Directors of The NOCCA Institute.
An active golfer for almost fifty years, Molly joined the U.S. Senior Women's Golf Association after turning 50 and also served as its President.
For two decades she served as an advocate for mental health, both locally and nationally. In addition to years of hands-on work with the mentally disabled, she served as President of the Boards of the Mental Health Association of Greater New Orleans and of the Louisiana Association of Mental Health, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Mental Health Association (now Mental Health America). In her crusade for better treatment for the mentally ill she played an important role in getting the State of Louisiana to reform treatment at the East Louisiana State Mental Hospital after an expose by the Times-Picayune of inhumane practices there.
She found a new community role when, as a young widow, she purchased a house in the French Quarter, where she would entertain literally thousands of visitors and friends until her own death. This house and everything that happened in it reflected her simple elegance, generous spirit, and joie de vivre.
For many years her daily life was both supported and enriched by Marta Ramos, Ivory Wilson and Diana Drummond. She would join her family in thanking Ora Joseph, Sherrise Lewis, and Allene McCann of Guardian Angels Hospice for their loving care for her in the last months; and to several chefs who fed Molly as their friend: John Besh; Karen Lowry; and Jim Conte and Matthew Guidry.
Molly Reily fed those around her and loved those who nourish others; she ministered to strangers and loved those who console the needy; she felt for the underdog and loved those who lift them up. As a result, she connected deeply with both ministers and waiters, with both children and mayors, with AIDs patients, artists, and the mentally disabled, as equals.
Molly was memorable for her beauty and for her hospitality, but mostly for the warmth of her outstretched arms, for her gentle and generous smile, and for her genuine delight in the perpetual wonder of other lives.
She gave more than she received.
Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Friday, June 29, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Avenue, with visitation at 11 A.M. at the church. Burial will be private.
Molly requested that any memorial gifts be sent to Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans 70130.
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Molly Reily was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on June 19, 1930 to Wesley Luther Ferrell and Jane Ruffin Ferrell. She was a graduate of St. Catherine's School in Richmond and attended Hollins College before moving to New Orleans in 1951.
Molly Reily is survived by her five children, Molly Tullis Yoder (Joseph) and their children Ruffin Howard Chevalau (Rob), Cassady Yoder, and Mahon Yoder; Eli Watson Tullis, Jr. (Taylor) and their children Elizabeth Tullis and Eli W. Tullis, III; Garner Hugh Tullis, II (Mary) and their children, Gretchen Tullis Cannon (Kyle), Molly Tullis, Marilee Tullis, Jane Tullis, and Rachael Tullis; Wesley Luther Ferrell Tullis (Sandi) and their children, Sarah Brewster Tullis Larsen (Stephen), Anna Tullis, Wesley L.F. Tullis, Jr.; Mary Tullis, Isaac Tullis, and Daniel Tullis; Stephen Rourke Reily (Emily Bingham) and their children, Cason Reily, Henrietta Reily and James Barry Bingham Reily, and 6 treasured great-grandchildren.
She is also survived by three stepsons whom she treated as her own, Timothy Sean Reily and his children Katy Reily Roubion (Dennis), Kelly Reily, and Kristie Reily; Jonathan Dicks Reily and his children, Winston Reily and Crispin Reily Tullis (Cason); Patrick Manning Reily (Dale) and his children, Michael Reily (Heather Thiessen) and Gavin Reily (Darlene); and 9 treasured step-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Jane Ferrell Clay, and three nieces.
She was predeceased by her beloved husband of 26 years, James Weaks Reily, Jr.; her stepson, Michael Meredith Reily, and her step-grandson, James W. (Jimbo) Reily, II.
A lifetime of community service in her adopted hometown began in 1953 when she joined the Junior League of New Orleans. She later served as a member of League's Board and in 1981 won its Sustainer Award (her mother-in-law, Mrs. James W. Reily, Sr., won the first such award in 1958) in recognition of her volunteer work in the community. For many years she served as a fundraiser and member of the Board of Trustees of the United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area as well as a member of the Vestry of Trinity Episcopal Church and the Board of Trustees of Metairie Park Country Day School. Together with her friend Marjorie Moran she raised the first funds required to establish the St. Thomas Community Health Center. In recent years she worked as a volunteer at Project Lazarus (where she won its Guardian Angel Award in 2001) and for the Loaves and Fishes program at Trinity Church, and as a member of the Board of Directors of The NOCCA Institute.
An active golfer for almost fifty years, Molly joined the U.S. Senior Women's Golf Association after turning 50 and also served as its President.
For two decades she served as an advocate for mental health, both locally and nationally. In addition to years of hands-on work with the mentally disabled, she served as President of the Boards of the Mental Health Association of Greater New Orleans and of the Louisiana Association of Mental Health, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Mental Health Association (now Mental Health America). In her crusade for better treatment for the mentally ill she played an important role in getting the State of Louisiana to reform treatment at the East Louisiana State Mental Hospital after an expose by the Times-Picayune of inhumane practices there.
She found a new community role when, as a young widow, she purchased a house in the French Quarter, where she would entertain literally thousands of visitors and friends until her own death. This house and everything that happened in it reflected her simple elegance, generous spirit, and joie de vivre.
For many years her daily life was both supported and enriched by Marta Ramos, Ivory Wilson and Diana Drummond. She would join her family in thanking Ora Joseph, Sherrise Lewis, and Allene McCann of Guardian Angels Hospice for their loving care for her in the last months; and to several chefs who fed Molly as their friend: John Besh; Karen Lowry; and Jim Conte and Matthew Guidry.
Molly Reily fed those around her and loved those who nourish others; she ministered to strangers and loved those who console the needy; she felt for the underdog and loved those who lift them up. As a result, she connected deeply with both ministers and waiters, with both children and mayors, with AIDs patients, artists, and the mentally disabled, as equals.
Molly was memorable for her beauty and for her hospitality, but mostly for the warmth of her outstretched arms, for her gentle and generous smile, and for her genuine delight in the perpetual wonder of other lives.
She gave more than she received.
Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Friday, June 29, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Avenue, with visitation at 11 A.M. at the church. Burial will be private.
Molly requested that any memorial gifts be sent to Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans 70130.
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Mary Ferrell (Molly) Reily, died peacefully at home, surrounded by family, on June 26, 2012.
Molly Reily was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on June 19, 1930 to Wesley Luther Ferrell and Jane Ruffin Ferrell. She was a graduate of St. Catherine's School in Richmond and attended Hollins College before moving to New Orleans in 1951.
Molly Reily is survived by her five children, Molly Tullis Yoder (Joseph) and their children Ruffin Howard Chevalau (Rob), Cassady Yoder, and Mahon Yoder; Eli Watson Tullis, Jr. (Taylor) and their children Elizabeth Tullis and Eli W. Tullis, III; Garner Hugh Tullis, II (Mary) and their children, Gretchen Tullis Cannon (Kyle), Molly Tullis, Marilee Tullis, Jane Tullis, and Rachael Tullis; Wesley Luther Ferrell Tullis (Sandi) and their children, Sarah Brewster Tullis Larsen (Stephen), Anna Tullis, Wesley L.F. Tullis, Jr.; Mary Tullis, Isaac Tullis, and Daniel Tullis; Stephen Rourke Reily (Emily Bingham) and their children, Cason Reily, Henrietta Reily and James Barry Bingham Reily, and 6 treasured great-grandchildren.
She is also survived by three stepsons whom she treated as her own, Timothy Sean Reily and his children Katy Reily Roubion (Dennis), Kelly Reily, and Kristie Reily; Jonathan Dicks Reily and his children, Winston Reily and Crispin Reily Tullis (Cason); Patrick Manning Reily (Dale) and his children, Michael Reily (Heather Thiessen) and Gavin Reily (Darlene); and 9 treasured step-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Jane Ferrell Clay, and three nieces.
She was predeceased by her beloved husband of 26 years, James Weaks Reily, Jr.; her stepson, Michael Meredith Reily, and her step-grandson, James W. (Jimbo) Reily, II.
A lifetime of community service in her adopted hometown began in 1953 when she joined the Junior League of New Orleans. She later served as a member of League's Board and in 1981 won its Sustainer Award (her mother-in-law, Mrs. James W. Reily, Sr., won the first such award in 1958) in recognition of her volunteer work in the community. For many years she served as a fundraiser and member of the Board of Trustees of the United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area as well as a member of the Vestry of Trinity Episcopal Church and the Board of Trustees of Metairie Park Country Day School. Together with her friend Marjorie Moran she raised the first funds required to establish the St. Thomas Community Health Center. In recent years she worked as a volunteer at Project Lazarus (where she won its Guardian Angel Award in 2001) and for the Loaves and Fishes program at Trinity Church, and as a member of the Board of Directors of The NOCCA Institute.
An active golfer for almost fifty years, Molly joined the U.S. Senior Women's Golf Association after turning 50 and also served as its President.
For two decades she served as an advocate for mental health, both locally and nationally. In addition to years of hands-on work with the mentally disabled, she served as President of the Boards of the Mental Health Association of Greater New Orleans and of the Louisiana Association of Mental Health, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Mental Health Association (now Mental Health America). In her crusade for better treatment for the mentally ill she played an important role in getting the State of Louisiana to reform treatment at the East Louisiana State Mental Hospital after an expose by the Times-Picayune of inhumane practices there.
She found a new community role when, as a young widow, she purchased a house in the French Quarter, where she would entertain literally thousands of visitors and friends until her own death. This house and everything that happened in it reflected her simple elegance, generous spirit, and joie de vivre.
For many years her daily life was both supported and enriched by Marta Ramos, Ivory Wilson and Diana Drummond. She would join her family in thanking Ora Joseph, Sherrise Lewis, and Allene McCann of Guardian Angels Hospice for their loving care for her in the last months; and to several chefs who fed Molly as their friend: John Besh; Karen Lowry; and Jim Conte and Matthew Guidry.
Molly Reily fed those around her and loved those who nourish others; she ministered to strangers and loved those who console the needy; she felt for the underdog and loved those who lift them up. As a result, she connected deeply with both ministers and waiters, with both children and mayors, with AIDs patients, artists, and the mentally disabled, as equals.
Molly was memorable for her beauty and for her hospitality, but mostly for the warmth of her outstretched arms, for her gentle and generous smile, and for her genuine delight in the perpetual wonder of other lives.
She gave more than she received.
Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Friday, June 29, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Avenue, with visitation at 11 A.M. at the church. Burial will be private.
Molly requested that any memorial gifts be sent to Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans 70130.
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Molly Reily was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on June 19, 1930 to Wesley Luther Ferrell and Jane Ruffin Ferrell. She was a graduate of St. Catherine's School in Richmond and attended Hollins College before moving to New Orleans in 1951.
Molly Reily is survived by her five children, Molly Tullis Yoder (Joseph) and their children Ruffin Howard Chevalau (Rob), Cassady Yoder, and Mahon Yoder; Eli Watson Tullis, Jr. (Taylor) and their children Elizabeth Tullis and Eli W. Tullis, III; Garner Hugh Tullis, II (Mary) and their children, Gretchen Tullis Cannon (Kyle), Molly Tullis, Marilee Tullis, Jane Tullis, and Rachael Tullis; Wesley Luther Ferrell Tullis (Sandi) and their children, Sarah Brewster Tullis Larsen (Stephen), Anna Tullis, Wesley L.F. Tullis, Jr.; Mary Tullis, Isaac Tullis, and Daniel Tullis; Stephen Rourke Reily (Emily Bingham) and their children, Cason Reily, Henrietta Reily and James Barry Bingham Reily, and 6 treasured great-grandchildren.
She is also survived by three stepsons whom she treated as her own, Timothy Sean Reily and his children Katy Reily Roubion (Dennis), Kelly Reily, and Kristie Reily; Jonathan Dicks Reily and his children, Winston Reily and Crispin Reily Tullis (Cason); Patrick Manning Reily (Dale) and his children, Michael Reily (Heather Thiessen) and Gavin Reily (Darlene); and 9 treasured step-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Jane Ferrell Clay, and three nieces.
She was predeceased by her beloved husband of 26 years, James Weaks Reily, Jr.; her stepson, Michael Meredith Reily, and her step-grandson, James W. (Jimbo) Reily, II.
A lifetime of community service in her adopted hometown began in 1953 when she joined the Junior League of New Orleans. She later served as a member of League's Board and in 1981 won its Sustainer Award (her mother-in-law, Mrs. James W. Reily, Sr., won the first such award in 1958) in recognition of her volunteer work in the community. For many years she served as a fundraiser and member of the Board of Trustees of the United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area as well as a member of the Vestry of Trinity Episcopal Church and the Board of Trustees of Metairie Park Country Day School. Together with her friend Marjorie Moran she raised the first funds required to establish the St. Thomas Community Health Center. In recent years she worked as a volunteer at Project Lazarus (where she won its Guardian Angel Award in 2001) and for the Loaves and Fishes program at Trinity Church, and as a member of the Board of Directors of The NOCCA Institute.
An active golfer for almost fifty years, Molly joined the U.S. Senior Women's Golf Association after turning 50 and also served as its President.
For two decades she served as an advocate for mental health, both locally and nationally. In addition to years of hands-on work with the mentally disabled, she served as President of the Boards of the Mental Health Association of Greater New Orleans and of the Louisiana Association of Mental Health, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Mental Health Association (now Mental Health America). In her crusade for better treatment for the mentally ill she played an important role in getting the State of Louisiana to reform treatment at the East Louisiana State Mental Hospital after an expose by the Times-Picayune of inhumane practices there.
She found a new community role when, as a young widow, she purchased a house in the French Quarter, where she would entertain literally thousands of visitors and friends until her own death. This house and everything that happened in it reflected her simple elegance, generous spirit, and joie de vivre.
For many years her daily life was both supported and enriched by Marta Ramos, Ivory Wilson and Diana Drummond. She would join her family in thanking Ora Joseph, Sherrise Lewis, and Allene McCann of Guardian Angels Hospice for their loving care for her in the last months; and to several chefs who fed Molly as their friend: John Besh; Karen Lowry; and Jim Conte and Matthew Guidry.
Molly Reily fed those around her and loved those who nourish others; she ministered to strangers and loved those who console the needy; she felt for the underdog and loved those who lift them up. As a result, she connected deeply with both ministers and waiters, with both children and mayors, with AIDs patients, artists, and the mentally disabled, as equals.
Molly was memorable for her beauty and for her hospitality, but mostly for the warmth of her outstretched arms, for her gentle and generous smile, and for her genuine delight in the perpetual wonder of other lives.
She gave more than she received.
Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Friday, June 29, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Avenue, with visitation at 11 A.M. at the church. Burial will be private.
Molly requested that any memorial gifts be sent to Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans 70130.
https://books.google.com/books?id=DGBmsYvdjasC&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq=%22molly+Reily%22&source=bl&ots=HSDR99GP3r&sig=mTXhfeOCtamTYVuBB9bEVT-kX-8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiIr7z_iubeAhUBhuAKHRY_AGQQ6AEwAXoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22molly%20Reily%22&f=false
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