Found in The State 25 January 1982: Mrs. Margaret Rhett Taylor Martin, 90, died Sunday at the S. C. Episcopal Home, Still Hopes. Born in Charleston, she was a daughter of the late Robert Goodwyn and Helen Smith Whaley Rhett. She was twice married, first to the late Dr. Junlius Heyward Taylor and then to the late retired Rear Admiral Charles Franklin Martin. Mrs. Martin was a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, the Colonial Dames, The Assembly and the Columbia Garden Club. She was a charter member of the Columbia Drama Club and Art Association. She helped to organize the Town Theatre and served on the board of governors as its only woman president. She was also one of the organizers of the Players Club and the Players Club Ball. She acted in over 15 plays and designed and helped make costumes for 10 years. She studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington and received many blue ribbons in professional class art exhibits at the fair. She was a graduate of Converse College. In 1939 she opened her own interior decorating shop and operated it for 40 years. In 1949 she gave a radio program on decorating and in 1963 published a book entitled, Charleston Ghosts. Surviving are four sons, B. Walter Taylor of Columbia, Goodwyn Rhett Taylor of Jacksonville, Fla., Julius Heyward Taylor Jr. of Waco, Texas, and Edward Coles Taylor of Greenville; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Whaley McLeod of Walterboro; two stepsons, John Gillard Martin of Columbia and the Rev. John Franklin Martin Jr. of Glascow, Ky.; a brother, Robert Goodwyn Rhett Jr. of Charleston; a half brother, Albert Rhett of Atlanta, 18 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Found in The State 25 January 1982: Mrs. Margaret Rhett Taylor Martin, 90, died Sunday at the S. C. Episcopal Home, Still Hopes. Born in Charleston, she was a daughter of the late Robert Goodwyn and Helen Smith Whaley Rhett. She was twice married, first to the late Dr. Junlius Heyward Taylor and then to the late retired Rear Admiral Charles Franklin Martin. Mrs. Martin was a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, the Colonial Dames, The Assembly and the Columbia Garden Club. She was a charter member of the Columbia Drama Club and Art Association. She helped to organize the Town Theatre and served on the board of governors as its only woman president. She was also one of the organizers of the Players Club and the Players Club Ball. She acted in over 15 plays and designed and helped make costumes for 10 years. She studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington and received many blue ribbons in professional class art exhibits at the fair. She was a graduate of Converse College. In 1939 she opened her own interior decorating shop and operated it for 40 years. In 1949 she gave a radio program on decorating and in 1963 published a book entitled, Charleston Ghosts. Surviving are four sons, B. Walter Taylor of Columbia, Goodwyn Rhett Taylor of Jacksonville, Fla., Julius Heyward Taylor Jr. of Waco, Texas, and Edward Coles Taylor of Greenville; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Whaley McLeod of Walterboro; two stepsons, John Gillard Martin of Columbia and the Rev. John Franklin Martin Jr. of Glascow, Ky.; a brother, Robert Goodwyn Rhett Jr. of Charleston; a half brother, Albert Rhett of Atlanta, 18 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
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