Mary Jane Manigault MT. PLEASANT - The relatives and friends of Mrs. Mary Jane Manigault are invited to attend her funeral services on Saturday November 13, 2010, 12 Noon, at Greater Goodwill AME Church, 2818 Hwy. 17 North, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. Interment: Church Cemetery
Mrs. Manigault is survived by her children; Mr. Isaac Manigault (Marie), Mrs. Mary Jane Habersham (Henry), Mrs. Louise Steed (Henry), Mr. Arthur Manigault Jr. (Shirley); daughter-in-law, Mrs. Shirley Manigault, 21 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of other relatives and friends. Viewing for Mrs. Mary Jane Manigault will be at the Bryan McNeal, Sr. Memorial Chapel, 4129 Hwy. 17 North, Awendaw, SC, on Friday, October 12, 2010, from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. There will be no family hour.
Arrangements by W.M. SMITH - MCNEAL FUNERAL HOME, INC., 4129 Hwy 17 North Awendaw, SC 29429 (843)-881-4920 or 1-800-924-5659.
Published in Charleston Post & Courier on November 10, 2010
Mary Jane Manigault, a matriarch among local sweetgrass basket makers whose work has been displayed nationally, died Monday at the age of 97.
Family members said she died at her home in Hamlin Beach after suffering a seizure. She had begun having seizures about a year ago and had been hospitalized several times, said Shirley Manigault, a daughter-in-law.
The funeral services for Mary Jane Manigault will be noon Saturday in Greater Goodwill AME Church, U.S. Highway 17, north of Hamlin Road in Mount Pleasant.
"Every time she would get sick and go to the hospital, when she came home, her mind was fine," Shirley Manigault said.
Born in 1913 in Mount Pleasant, Mary Jane Manigault was schooled in the ancient African-American craft of basket-making by her parents, Solomon and Sally Coakley, according to an unpublished biography of Mary Jane Manigault by Kate Young. Young first met Manigault in 1972 when Young was an anthropology student studying African-American culture and artistry in the local sea island communities.
Manigault began weaving baskets that were good enough to sell when she was a little girl. In 1962, she set up a stand on U.S. Highway 17 north of Mount Pleasant, and in the mid-70s, she moved her business to the City Market in Charleston. In recent years, she was still making baskets on the porch at the family home in Hamlin Beach.
She was named a National Heritage Fellow in 1984 by the National Endowment for the Arts. The award recognizes American folk artists. In 2007, her portrait was among 38 displayed for a year in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. Also on display was a portrait of the late Philip Simmons of Charleston, an ornamental iron craftsman who had been honored as a fellow in 1982, the year the fellowship was first established.
Manigault's sweetgrass baskets have been displayed at the Santa Fe Folk Art Museum, the William Mathers Anthropology Museum at Indiana University, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, and McKissick Museum at University of South Carolina, according to the biography by Young, now a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala.
Manigault's children and grandchildren continue to make and sell sweetgrass baskets.
"I will keep the tradition going on," said Mary Jane Habersham, Manigault's oldest daughter, who has a basket stand on Highway 17.
Arrangements are being handled by W.M. Smith-McNeal Funeral Home.
Post & Courier November 12, 2010
Mrs. Manigault is survived by her children; Mr. Isaac Manigault (Marie), Mrs. Mary Jane Habersham (Henry), Mrs. Louise Steed (Henry), Mr. Arthur Manigault Jr. (Shirley); daughter-in-law, Mrs. Shirley Manigault, 21 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of other relatives and friends. Viewing for Mrs. Mary Jane Manigault will be at the Bryan McNeal, Sr. Memorial Chapel, 4129 Hwy. 17 North, Awendaw, SC, on Friday, October 12, 2010, from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. There will be no family hour.
Arrangements by W.M. SMITH - MCNEAL FUNERAL HOME, INC., 4129 Hwy 17 North Awendaw, SC 29429 (843)-881-4920 or 1-800-924-5659.
Published in Charleston Post & Courier on November 10, 2010
Mary Jane Manigault, a matriarch among local sweetgrass basket makers whose work has been displayed nationally, died Monday at the age of 97.
Family members said she died at her home in Hamlin Beach after suffering a seizure. She had begun having seizures about a year ago and had been hospitalized several times, said Shirley Manigault, a daughter-in-law.
The funeral services for Mary Jane Manigault will be noon Saturday in Greater Goodwill AME Church, U.S. Highway 17, north of Hamlin Road in Mount Pleasant.
"Every time she would get sick and go to the hospital, when she came home, her mind was fine," Shirley Manigault said.
Born in 1913 in Mount Pleasant, Mary Jane Manigault was schooled in the ancient African-American craft of basket-making by her parents, Solomon and Sally Coakley, according to an unpublished biography of Mary Jane Manigault by Kate Young. Young first met Manigault in 1972 when Young was an anthropology student studying African-American culture and artistry in the local sea island communities.
Manigault began weaving baskets that were good enough to sell when she was a little girl. In 1962, she set up a stand on U.S. Highway 17 north of Mount Pleasant, and in the mid-70s, she moved her business to the City Market in Charleston. In recent years, she was still making baskets on the porch at the family home in Hamlin Beach.
She was named a National Heritage Fellow in 1984 by the National Endowment for the Arts. The award recognizes American folk artists. In 2007, her portrait was among 38 displayed for a year in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. Also on display was a portrait of the late Philip Simmons of Charleston, an ornamental iron craftsman who had been honored as a fellow in 1982, the year the fellowship was first established.
Manigault's sweetgrass baskets have been displayed at the Santa Fe Folk Art Museum, the William Mathers Anthropology Museum at Indiana University, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, and McKissick Museum at University of South Carolina, according to the biography by Young, now a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala.
Manigault's children and grandchildren continue to make and sell sweetgrass baskets.
"I will keep the tradition going on," said Mary Jane Habersham, Manigault's oldest daughter, who has a basket stand on Highway 17.
Arrangements are being handled by W.M. Smith-McNeal Funeral Home.
Post & Courier November 12, 2010
Mary Jane Manigault MT. PLEASANT - The relatives and friends of Mrs. Mary Jane Manigault are invited to attend her funeral services on Saturday November 13, 2010, 12 Noon, at Greater Goodwill AME Church, 2818 Hwy. 17 North, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. Interment: Church Cemetery
Mrs. Manigault is survived by her children; Mr. Isaac Manigault (Marie), Mrs. Mary Jane Habersham (Henry), Mrs. Louise Steed (Henry), Mr. Arthur Manigault Jr. (Shirley); daughter-in-law, Mrs. Shirley Manigault, 21 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of other relatives and friends. Viewing for Mrs. Mary Jane Manigault will be at the Bryan McNeal, Sr. Memorial Chapel, 4129 Hwy. 17 North, Awendaw, SC, on Friday, October 12, 2010, from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. There will be no family hour.
Arrangements by W.M. SMITH - MCNEAL FUNERAL HOME, INC., 4129 Hwy 17 North Awendaw, SC 29429 (843)-881-4920 or 1-800-924-5659.
Published in Charleston Post & Courier on November 10, 2010
Mary Jane Manigault, a matriarch among local sweetgrass basket makers whose work has been displayed nationally, died Monday at the age of 97.
Family members said she died at her home in Hamlin Beach after suffering a seizure. She had begun having seizures about a year ago and had been hospitalized several times, said Shirley Manigault, a daughter-in-law.
The funeral services for Mary Jane Manigault will be noon Saturday in Greater Goodwill AME Church, U.S. Highway 17, north of Hamlin Road in Mount Pleasant.
"Every time she would get sick and go to the hospital, when she came home, her mind was fine," Shirley Manigault said.
Born in 1913 in Mount Pleasant, Mary Jane Manigault was schooled in the ancient African-American craft of basket-making by her parents, Solomon and Sally Coakley, according to an unpublished biography of Mary Jane Manigault by Kate Young. Young first met Manigault in 1972 when Young was an anthropology student studying African-American culture and artistry in the local sea island communities.
Manigault began weaving baskets that were good enough to sell when she was a little girl. In 1962, she set up a stand on U.S. Highway 17 north of Mount Pleasant, and in the mid-70s, she moved her business to the City Market in Charleston. In recent years, she was still making baskets on the porch at the family home in Hamlin Beach.
She was named a National Heritage Fellow in 1984 by the National Endowment for the Arts. The award recognizes American folk artists. In 2007, her portrait was among 38 displayed for a year in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. Also on display was a portrait of the late Philip Simmons of Charleston, an ornamental iron craftsman who had been honored as a fellow in 1982, the year the fellowship was first established.
Manigault's sweetgrass baskets have been displayed at the Santa Fe Folk Art Museum, the William Mathers Anthropology Museum at Indiana University, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, and McKissick Museum at University of South Carolina, according to the biography by Young, now a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala.
Manigault's children and grandchildren continue to make and sell sweetgrass baskets.
"I will keep the tradition going on," said Mary Jane Habersham, Manigault's oldest daughter, who has a basket stand on Highway 17.
Arrangements are being handled by W.M. Smith-McNeal Funeral Home.
Post & Courier November 12, 2010
Mrs. Manigault is survived by her children; Mr. Isaac Manigault (Marie), Mrs. Mary Jane Habersham (Henry), Mrs. Louise Steed (Henry), Mr. Arthur Manigault Jr. (Shirley); daughter-in-law, Mrs. Shirley Manigault, 21 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of other relatives and friends. Viewing for Mrs. Mary Jane Manigault will be at the Bryan McNeal, Sr. Memorial Chapel, 4129 Hwy. 17 North, Awendaw, SC, on Friday, October 12, 2010, from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. There will be no family hour.
Arrangements by W.M. SMITH - MCNEAL FUNERAL HOME, INC., 4129 Hwy 17 North Awendaw, SC 29429 (843)-881-4920 or 1-800-924-5659.
Published in Charleston Post & Courier on November 10, 2010
Mary Jane Manigault, a matriarch among local sweetgrass basket makers whose work has been displayed nationally, died Monday at the age of 97.
Family members said she died at her home in Hamlin Beach after suffering a seizure. She had begun having seizures about a year ago and had been hospitalized several times, said Shirley Manigault, a daughter-in-law.
The funeral services for Mary Jane Manigault will be noon Saturday in Greater Goodwill AME Church, U.S. Highway 17, north of Hamlin Road in Mount Pleasant.
"Every time she would get sick and go to the hospital, when she came home, her mind was fine," Shirley Manigault said.
Born in 1913 in Mount Pleasant, Mary Jane Manigault was schooled in the ancient African-American craft of basket-making by her parents, Solomon and Sally Coakley, according to an unpublished biography of Mary Jane Manigault by Kate Young. Young first met Manigault in 1972 when Young was an anthropology student studying African-American culture and artistry in the local sea island communities.
Manigault began weaving baskets that were good enough to sell when she was a little girl. In 1962, she set up a stand on U.S. Highway 17 north of Mount Pleasant, and in the mid-70s, she moved her business to the City Market in Charleston. In recent years, she was still making baskets on the porch at the family home in Hamlin Beach.
She was named a National Heritage Fellow in 1984 by the National Endowment for the Arts. The award recognizes American folk artists. In 2007, her portrait was among 38 displayed for a year in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. Also on display was a portrait of the late Philip Simmons of Charleston, an ornamental iron craftsman who had been honored as a fellow in 1982, the year the fellowship was first established.
Manigault's sweetgrass baskets have been displayed at the Santa Fe Folk Art Museum, the William Mathers Anthropology Museum at Indiana University, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, and McKissick Museum at University of South Carolina, according to the biography by Young, now a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala.
Manigault's children and grandchildren continue to make and sell sweetgrass baskets.
"I will keep the tradition going on," said Mary Jane Habersham, Manigault's oldest daughter, who has a basket stand on Highway 17.
Arrangements are being handled by W.M. Smith-McNeal Funeral Home.
Post & Courier November 12, 2010
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