Mary Loretta Ramsey Obituary from July 25, 2009

Taken from the her Obituary in the Post and Courier.

Mary Loretta Croghan Ramsay, an influential live-long resident of Charleston, died on July 25, 2009. She was owner and manager of Croghan's Jewel Box, an historic landmark in Charleston opened by her father, William Joseph Croghan, the store in 1919 on King Street in Charleston.

Mary Loretta was born on Dec. 28, 1921, in Charleston, the daughter of William Joseph Croghan and Loretta O'Hagan Croghan. She married George P. Ramsay in 1950. Her husband died in 1985.

She is survived by her four children, Dr. Alex Ramsay, Mariana Ramsay Hay, George Ramsay and Rhett Ramsay Outten; and eight grandchildren, Mary, Alex and George Ramsay, Kathleen, Mariana and Mikell Hay, and Anna and Caroline Outten.