Mary Charlotte Thieme

Mary Stevenson Thieme, age 88, of Valdosta passed away Sunday, June 26, 2022, at The Canopy at Azalea Grove in Valdosta, Georgia. Mrs. Thieme was born August 28, 1933 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to the late Grace Leo Stevenson and Donald McLaren Stevenson. She was a loving mother and grandmother. Mrs. Thieme enjoyed traveling and lived in both Japan and Nigeria at different times through the years. She studied Mexican pottery and made her career as museum director at the Cumberland Museum and Science Center in Nashville, Tennessee. She did her internship at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC., and later earned her master’s degree at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She also did exhibits at the many parks in the state of Florida. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Thieme was preceded in death by a son, Richard Darius Thieme; her husband, Darius Louis Thieme; and a sister, Dianatha Webster Stevenson.
Survivors include: one son, Donald Thieme and wife Hanae of Valdosta, Georgia; one granddaughter, Erica Thieme of Valdosta, Georgia; cousins: Fred Leo and wife Becky of Atlanta, Georgia; Eleanor Leo and Stephanie Leo both of Maine.
A celebration of life service will be held 4 o’clock pm, Thursday, August 11, 2022, at Christ Episcopal Church, 1521 N. Patterson Street Valdosta, Georgia 31601. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday. Family suggests memorials in Mary Stevenson Thieme name to My Friends House, C/O Valdosta State University Foundation, 1500 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31698; Watershed Coalition, P. O. Box 88, Hahira, Georgia 31632, www.wwals.net ; Bay County Conservancy, P. O. Box 1122, Panama City, Florida 32402. Kind words and expressions of sympathy can be left for the family at www.musicfuneralservices.com . The Mary Charlotte Thieme family is being served by the professional and caring staff of Music Funeral Services of Valdosta.