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DEATH OF MARY METZ M.B.E.

Mary Metz, who died on August 6, 2024 – the day after her 100th birthday – made a major contribution to the Sister City relationship between Houston and Grampian Region.

She was made Life Chairman of the Houston-Grampian Association after serving as President and also as co-ordinator of the student nursing exchange between Houston Baptist University and Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen

Her proudest moment came in 2002 when she was made a Member of the British Empire (M.B.E) by Her Majesty The Queen at Buckingham Palace for services to Scottish -Texas cultural and business links through her work for the Houston-Grampian Association.

Mary was born in London, on August 5th 1924 and married an American serviceman, the late James E Metz in September, 1944. They moved to Jim's home in Texas in 1946 and for many years Mary worked for Trunkline Gas/Panhandle Eastern in Houston.

She was a volunteer worker at Grace Presbyterian Church for 32 years and then became a choir member at St Martin’s Episcopal Church. For 60 years she was a performing member of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society in Houston.

Grampian-Houston Association secretary Bill Neish said, “Mary was held in high regard by her many friends on both sides of the Atlantic.”

She is pictured at Braemar on Royal Deeside during an exchange visit to Grampian Region by a Houston-Grampian Association delegation.