Margaret Martine O'Bryan

1900 - 1984  (83 years)

• Name	Margaret Martine O'Bryan
  Birth	29 Oct 1900	Newman, Daviess, Kentucky   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 May 1984	Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky   [1]
  Siblings	6 siblings
  1. Mary Josephine O'Bryan ,   b. 22 Apr 1895, Kentucky d. 25 Jan 1897, Kentucky  (Age 1 year)   2. Joseph Marion "Pat" O'Bryan ,   b. 22 Apr 1895, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky d. 25 Dec 1974, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana  (Age 79 years) ▻ Veronica Cecilia "Verna" Alvey ,  m. 6 May 1915   3. James Leonard O'Bryan ,   b. 8 Oct 1898, Kentucky d. 26 Jan 1925, Waco, McLennan, Texas  (Age 26 years)   4. James Martin O'Bryan ,   b. 29 Oct 1900   d. 22 Nov 1960, Chicago, Cook, Illinois  (Age 60 years) ▻ Anna Mae Sims ,  m. 20 Feb 1922   5. Margaret Martine O'Bryan ,   b. 29 Oct 1900, Newman, Daviess, Kentucky d. 21 May 1984, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky  (Age 83 years) ▻ George McFerran Fuqua ,  m. 11 Jun 1928   6. William Bernard O'Bryan ,   b. 3 Feb 1904, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky d. 28 Nov 1966, Euclid, Cuyahoga, Ohio  (Age 62 years) ▻ Sarah Kathryn May ,  m. 3 May 1922 + 7. Frances Alyne O'Bryan ,   b. 5 Feb 1906, Kentucky d. 18 Sep 2000, Flushing, Queens, New York  (Age 94 years) ▻ James Pius Whelan ,  m. 10 Feb 1926
  Person ID	I76	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	James Monroe O'Bryan,   b. 21 Jan 1851   d. 18 Oct 1908, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Margaret Marcelline Newton,   b. 2 Dec 1874   d. 26 Aug 1961, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	5 Jun 1894	West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky   [2]
  Family ID	F5936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George McFerran Fuqua,   b. 15 Sep 1887, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky d. 14 Dec 1960, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	11 Jun 1928  [1, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F6568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2020

  
  

• Notes

  "Publishing Company Director Dies at 83." Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, 22 May 1984, p. 15: Martine O'Bryan Fuqua, a member of the boards of directors of the Owensboro Publishing Co. and Owensboro Broadcasting Co., died Monday at Mercy Hospital. Mrs. Fuqua, who lived at 1908 Griffith Ave., was 83. She started her newspaper career in 1921 when she joined the accounting department of the Owensboro Messenger. She was an accountant for the paper until she married George M. Fuqua, the paper's business manager, in 1928. Fuqua, who negotiated the merger of the Messenger and Inquirer in 1929, later became vice president of Owensboro Publishing Co. and business manager of the Messenger-Inquirer. He died in 1960. Mrs. Fuqua did accounting and income tax work for the Messenger-Inquirer for more than 30 years. She had served on the publishing company's board since 1954 and became an officer of the company in 1960. She had served since 1959 as a director and officer of the Owensboro Broadcasting Co., which operates WOMI and WBKR. In recent years she was director emeritus on both boards. Mrs. Fuqua was a member of Immaculate Catholic Church. She was actively involved in the Business and Professional Women's Club. She also was the treasurer for the Woman's Club of Owensboro for four years and the club's second vice president for two years. Mrs. Fuqua was born Oct. 29, 1900, in Newman and came to Owensboro in 1901. She graduated from Owensboro High School in 1919 and Owensboro Business College in 1920.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4700] "Publishing Company Director Dies at 83." Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, 22 May 1984, p. 15. [S2232] 1900 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com. [S4701] "Mrs. Martine O'Bryan Fuqua." Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, 7 Dec 1968, p. 24. [S4702] "George M. Fuqua Dies At Home Here; He Served Local Press Half Century." Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, 14 Dec 1960, p. 1., says "June 11, 1929", probably a typo.