Mrs. Marian Peacock Haley Obituary

Mrs. Marian Peacock Haley, 94, of Albany, died Friday, August 30, 2013 at her home. A memorial service will take place at 2 PM on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 in Walden Chapel at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Don Adams officiating. The interment service will be private. A lifelong resident of Albany, Mrs. Haley was born on September 21, 1918. She was the daughter of Helen LeVan Peacock and Herbert A. Peacock, a former Albany mayor and state legislator. She was also predeceased by her husband, Herbert Preston Haley; her brother, Dr. Lamar Batts Peacock, a distinguished Atlanta physician; and half brothers, Menard B. Peacock, also a former Albany mayor; Louis A. Peacock and Herbert A. Peacock. A graduate of Albany High School, she attended Shorter College and was graduated from Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio with a bachelor's degree in music. Following her college graduation, she returned to Albany and taught piano, was organist for First Baptist Church and later was organist and choir director at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. She also attended summer schools at Julliard and Chatauqua Schools of Music in New York. She took a secretarial course in New York and became a secretary in the music library at CBS Radio. She later worked as a secretary for the Office of Military Affairs Policy Enforcement Branch of the Civil Administrative Division in the U.S. zone of occupation in Berlin, Germany under Gen. Lucius D. Clay. She later held several positions with the government, including public relations positions for the U. S. Air Force and the Defense Department at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. In the early 1950s she returned to Albany and married the love of her life. Mr. Haley was chairman of First State Bank and Trust Co. (now Regions Bank), president of the Albany Coca-Cola Bottling Co., and led the family's farming and automobile interests. She was always there to support her husband in his business pursuits, as well as his many positions of leadership in the civic and charitable activities of Albany. Mrs. Haley was a piano accompanist for local vocalists and instrumentalists and helped to form the Albany Community Concerts Association. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, past president of the Junior League of Albany, former board member of the Community Concerts and Albany Symphony Association, member of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the state of Georgia and the Palmyra Heights Garden Club. She and her husband were enthusiastic travelers and members of the "Tennis Group," a social group, for many years. For more than 60 years, Mrs. Haley was a member of "The Sewing Bee," a group of close knit friends who met weekly for lunch and fellowship. She was also a member of the "Soirees" (Sunday Night Music Group) of accomplished musicians. Survivors include a daughter, Stella Haley Hoyak and husband, Chris, of Cleveland, GA; granddaughters, Laura Haley Potts and husband Shane of Good Hope, GA and Mary Anna Wojcik of Cleveland; a great granddaughter: Emma Rylee Potts; Good Hope, GA; sister-in-law, Jane Bonner Peacock of Augusta, GA, many nieces and nephews; and a special caregiver, Essie Gammage, Albany. Memorials may be made to a favorite charity.

Mrs. Marian Peacock Haley Obituary

September 21, 1918 - August 30, 2013