Daughter of Merritt Woodhull Dixon and Elizabeth (Betty) Holst Dixon. She attended Pape School, Mt. Vernon Boarding School, and briefly attended college in Virginia. She married George Anderson Mercer, III in 1951 and had three children, Elizabeth Wayne, Bessie, and George IV. She later married Thomas Bryson Gilbert. She was an accomplished painter, enjoyed gardening, and skilled in the art of needlepoint, designing and executing many pieces including the altar kneelers in both Christ Episcopal Church and St. John's Church. She was a past member of the Women's Board of Bethesda, the Telfair Academy Board, the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, and was a communicant of St. John's Church in Savannah. She was preceded in death by her husbands, George Anderson Mercer, III, and Thomas Bryson Gilbert; son, George Anderson Merce,r IV; brother, Merritt W Dixon; sister, Jeanne Dixon Papy; and stepson, Thomas Bryson Gilbert. Surviving are her daughters, Rhett Willis (Wayne) and Bessie Mercer Halsey; sisters-in-law, Elizabeth Mercer Hammond and Janet Dixon; five grandsons, Dr. Rhett N Willis Jr., George Anderson Mercer Willis, Charles Day Halsey, Holst Mercer Halsey, and Turner Catesby Halsey; stepchildren, Marney Sanford and Harvey Gilbert; and three step-grandchildren, Catherine Cornish Grant (Scott), Mary Gilbert Kiser (James), and John Gilbert (Bailee).
Daughter of Merritt Woodhull Dixon and Elizabeth (Betty) Holst Dixon. She attended Pape School, Mt. Vernon Boarding School, and briefly attended college in Virginia. She married George Anderson Mercer, III in 1951 and had three children, Elizabeth Wayne, Bessie, and George IV. She later married Thomas Bryson Gilbert. She was an accomplished painter, enjoyed gardening, and skilled in the art of needlepoint, designing and executing many pieces including the altar kneelers in both Christ Episcopal Church and St. John's Church. She was a past member of the Women's Board of Bethesda, the Telfair Academy Board, the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, and was a communicant of St. John's Church in Savannah. She was preceded in death by her husbands, George Anderson Mercer, III, and Thomas Bryson Gilbert; son, George Anderson Merce,r IV; brother, Merritt W Dixon; sister, Jeanne Dixon Papy; and stepson, Thomas Bryson Gilbert. Surviving are her daughters, Rhett Willis (Wayne) and Bessie Mercer Halsey; sisters-in-law, Elizabeth Mercer Hammond and Janet Dixon; five grandsons, Dr. Rhett N Willis Jr., George Anderson Mercer Willis, Charles Day Halsey, Holst Mercer Halsey, and Turner Catesby Halsey; stepchildren, Marney Sanford and Harvey Gilbert; and three step-grandchildren, Catherine Cornish Grant (Scott), Mary Gilbert Kiser (James), and John Gilbert (Bailee).
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