Bramwell High School Class 1947 Classmate

Mary Ann Bailey Putnam

LAKELAND, FL. - Mary Ann Putnam, 86, a longtime resident of Lakeland, passed away on March 10, 2016. Born in Freeman, WV on December 14, 1929, to Cletus E. and Lora Bailey, Mary Ann was one of ten children.

She graduated from Bramwell High School in Bramwell, WV and attended college in Washington, DC. Mary Ann was employed with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and later with the Department of the Army.

She married Lt. Col. Ralph D. Putnam of Lakeland on May 11, 1950. Mary Ann met Ralph in DC while he was assigned to Andrews Air Force Base. After Ralph's retirement from the Air Force, they moved to Lakeland.

Mary Ann became a cosmetologist and owned a beauty salon in downtown Lakeland for thirty eight years.

She was a member of First Baptist Church at the Mall in Lakeland, FL.

Mary Ann is survived by her four children, Billie Lora (Terry) Edgemon of Lakeland, Joyce (Scott) Bunn of Winter Haven, David (Teri Lynn) Putnam of Jackson, MS, and John (Charlene) Putnam of Lakeland; 10 grandchildren; and 6 great grandchildren.

Visitation will be Monday, from 6:00-8:00pm at Gentry-Morrison Funeral Home at Serenity Gardens, 3350 Mall Hill Dr., Lakeland. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, 11:00am at First Baptist Church at the Mall, 1010 E. Memorial Blvd., Lakeland. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Burial Park.

MARY ANN BAILEY PUTNAM FAMILY MEMBERS - "FIND-A-GRAVE"

"They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.”

- Laurence Binyon