Birth date: Jun 30, 1912 Death date: Mar 20, 2012
Mary Elizabeth Tinnin Jaye, 99, passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at Washington Regional Hospice, Fayetteville, AR. She was born on June 30, 1912, in Maysville, AR to Grover Cleveland and Ida Mae Wetzel Tinnin. She was raised Read Obituary
Mrs. Jaye was my cooperating teacher at Maplewood Elementary School. I was attending Newark State College and I was with her for 6 weeks in 1969, but she was with me for than 40 years as I taught early childhood. She was a powerful force in the field of early childhood music. Rest in peace dearest teacher.
Deepest Sympathies From my family to yours. March 20 is also the anniversary of my father's passing. That's how I found this announcement. My heart goes out to you and the family.
Our prayers go out for the family and friends of Mary Jaye. May God's grace sustain you, may his Spirit comfort you and give you rest.
I've not had the pleasure of meeting the family; however, JBU is very blessed to provide students much needed support through Mary Jaye's kindness. I am always open to visiting and sharing the impact she had on students’ lives.
"Aunt Mary" was my mother's closest friend the whole time they lived in South Orange. When I was growing up Mary was at every holiday celebration and I think that she saw or spoke to my mother every day. Mary was always a person of wisdom, good humor, refinement, patience, and compassion. At family gatherings she would often be present and she would provide my father with a highly esteemed debating partner for talk about current events and politics. She and Manny were almost always together. Mary also happened to be my kindergarten teacher, and the kindergarten teacher of seemingly everyone I knew growing up. She was very proud of her roots in Arkansas and her mother made several visits to South Orange when I was growing up. She was an elder in her Presbyterian Church and helped start an interfaith network of congregations that would take turns providing meals or a place to sleep for the homeless. We will miss her very much and our thoughts are with her extended family.
