Dorothy and Mary Alice Hale
Dorothy Hale (1849-1893)
Mary Alice Hale (1885-1972)
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Dorothy and Mary Alice Hale
Dorothy Ederington Hale (1849-1893) grew up on the property now known as Chinsegut Hill. She married John J. Hale and moved to Brooksville proper to a newly constructed home on Orange Avenue. The Hales had two sons and little Mary Alice (1885-1972) pictured here. Mary Alice graduated as valedictorian from Hernando High in 1902 and went on to marry William McKethan. Mary Alice had three sons and a daughter: William, Alfred, John “Bud,” and Dorothy. Mary Alice was one of the first women in the State to serve on a Board of Directors for a bank. Brooksville was quite forward thinking, with Mary Alice on the Board of Hernando State Bank around the same time Margaret Robins was serving at the First National Bank down the street.
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Mary Alice’s daughter, Dorothy (1911-2011) : https://www.merrittfuneral.com/obituary/DorothyCelia-Mason