Mary Gladys Brown Pieper

PIEPER, MARY GLADYS BROWN – age 90, of Maryville, TN, died October 1, 2006 at Shannondale of Maryville. Mary Gladys was born November 5, 1915 at Johnson City, TN, the daughter of Leon William Brown and Della Sutton Brown. She was educated at schools in Hampton and Elizabethton, TN and she graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School, Kingsport, TN. She received the B.A. degree from Maryville College in 1936. She read law and was secretary at Allen, Nelson, & Allen, Attorneys at Law, Elizabethton, TN from 1936-1940. She received a license to practice law in Tennessee in 1939. She married Archibald F. “Archie” Pieper, a Maryville College classmate from Lytle, Texas, in 1940. From 1942 to 1946 she was employed by the Forestry Division, TVA. While teaching Sociology at Maryville College from 1946 to 1955, she received the M.A. degree in Sociology from University of Tennessee. In 1955, Archie accepted a position with the Presbyterian church in New York City where Mary Gladys received the M.L.S. from Columbia University. From 1956 until her retirement in 1980, she held positions of increasing responsibility with the New York Public Library. Mary Gladys and Archie retired to Maryville where she was active with the American Association of University Women, Maryville College Library Archives, Third Friday Book Club, and Presbyterian Women at New Providence Presbyterian Church. Preceded in death by her parents, husband, sister Lynn Ann Best, and brother George S. Brown. Survived by nephews, Edwin J. Best, Jr. (Caroline), Maryville, TN; Lynn W. Brown (Joellen), Elizabethton, TN; Sutton Brown (Beverly), Hampton, TN. Mary Gladys is also survived by her sisters-in-law, Mary Emma Brown, Johnson City, TN, and Alice Pieper Carter (George), Baltimore, MD, and seven nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m., October 7, 2006 at New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Pastors officiating are Dr. Emily J. Anderson and Dr. Philip Bembower. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Maryville College or New Providence Presbyterian Church. McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home, Maryville in charge 982-6812 www.mccammonammonsclick.com