Mary Wilson Geuin

Mary was born on April 2, 1944 to Foch and Audrey W. Green at Seneca, South Carolina. She attended Seneca High School and Columbia College. Mary came to Tallahassee after a divorce and went to work for the State of Florida at, what is now, DEP, in 1981. She started in Coastal, then into the Secretary's Office, and finally transferred to Water Resources. In early 1990, while accompanying a friend to a support group meeting, she met Jim Geuin who was the facilitator. She told her friend "That is the man I am going to marry." Sure enough, they were married on August 30, 1991 at Saint Eugene Catholic Church, after a lengthy annulment procedure, since they had both previously been married. She and her future husband began attending Fr. Creagan's RCIA classes in the evenings and finally were able to be Confirmed in the Catholic Church. On their wedding day, they separately went to Confession in the morning, then in the afternoon, Confirmation, they brought the Gifts to the alter for the service and received First Communion together. After the Mass, they went forward with Wedding Vows administered by Fr. Sebastian Naslund and spent their Honeymoon in Apalachicola. Thus began an over 32-year adventure. Mary and Jim travelled around the Southeast, including Roanoke and Williamsburg, Virginia; Washington DC; Baltimore; North and South Carolina; Mobile and Holy Trinity, Alabama; New Orleans; several locations across Florida; and a trip to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon. They were also blessed to be able to see Mexico City and Porto Mexico; Lisbon and Fatima Portugal; Santiago de Compostella, Spain; and Lourdes and Paris France; and later Ireland and Montreal. Mary is survived by her loving husband, Jim Geuin; her sister, Betsy Hurt of Anderson, SC; her daughter Allison Marie Burdette of Fletcher, NC; and granddaughter Ashlyn Burdette of Rutherfordton, NC. She is also survived by stepchildren, Tammy Smith of Newport News, Virginia; Jim Geuin, Jr. (Debbie) of Lanexa, Virginia; Julia Armstrong (Patrick) of Honokaa, Hawaii; seven grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren. Mary was a sufferer of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), which progressed to Dementia. There was an over six-year journey from initial diagnosis to her death in the wee morning hours of January 31st. Donations can be made to BrightFocus Foundation, 22512 Gateway Center Drive, Clarksburg, MD 20871 for Alzheimer's Disease Research in her name. Thanks go out to Big Bend Hospice for their professional and nurturing care for the last six months. A Committal Service will be held at the Tallahassee National Cemetery on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 1:00 PM. The family is being cared for by Jackie Fulford and James Sircy of Young Fulford Funeral Home and Crematory, Tallahassee, Florida. 850.610.4444 YoungFulford.com

Mary Wilson Geuin

April 2, 1944 - January 31, 2024