Ann Maynard Jones

Ann Maynard Jones was born in Newport, RI on October 7, 1942.  Her mother was Elizabeth ("Betty") Doran and adoptive father J. Richard Arnzen. 

Ann attended Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in Boston, MA, and upon graduation, joined J. Walter Thompson Advertising Company in New York City as an executive secretary.  After one year in a corporate environment, Ann decided to join the Peace Corps as a volunteer in rural community development, and served in El Salvador from 1963-1965.  After returning to the US, she spent a winter as director of public relations for Saddleback Mountain Ski Area in Rangeley, ME.  In 1966, Ann joined Project Hope in Washington, DC, where she served as director of women's and educational activities, organizing publicity and raising funds throughout the United States in support of the hospital ship, S.S. Hope. 

In early 1968, Ann decided to spend a year on the S.S. Hope to coordinate public relations and media activities for the Ceylon Voyage.  She also served as liaison with the Ministry of Health in Ceylon [now Sri Lanka], and was described by the local Colombo media on May 4, 1968, as "King-Pin of 'Hope.'"  Ann developed life-long friendships with several colleagues on the S.S. Hope and with expats onshore, one of whom she married.

In September 1969, Ann was married in Brunswick, ME to Geoffrey Maynard, the British expat Chairman of Brooke Bond Tea Estates who lived in Colombo.  After nationalization of the tea estates in Ceylon and a short stay in England, Ann and Geoff moved to South Africa in 1970.  In 1971, their oldest son, Brett Maynard, was born, and a second son, Craig Maynard, was born in 1977.  During her time in South Africa, Ann developed a passion for culinary arts, specializing in Asian, Indian, and South African cuisines, and for photography, specializing in family portraits and industrial photography.  Ann earned a National Certificate in Photography at Natal Technikon in Durban, South Africa.

In 1983, Ann and Geoff decided to leave South Africa for the United States, as Ann was unwilling to have her two boys�as South African residents, but with dual British and American citizenship�be subject to compulsory service on behalf of an apartheid regime.  Ann and Geoff relocated to Atlanta, GA, and Ann established a U.S. subsidiary of O.T.H. Beier & Co Ltd. of Durban, for which she organized customs brokers in Eastern US and Canadian ports, and marketed, priced, and coordinated sea bourn container delivery of specialty wools to clients.

In June 1990, Ann's husband Geoff died of a coronary.  In 1992, in addition to her business interests, she was a co-founder and served as secretary on the board of directors of the International Club of Atlanta, on which Edward D. Jones III also served.  Ann had known Ed before, as Ann and Geoff were friends with his parents.  Their relationship grew from friendship to romance, and they were married on Ed's birthday�May 15�in 1993.  In 1996, Ann and Ed moved to Seabrook Island, SC, where Ann retired from Beier and became a homemaker with a growing reputation in the international culinary arts, and Ed commuted to his job as a healthcare insurance executive in Atlanta.  Shortly after moving to Seabrook, Ann met Martha Teichner of CBS Sunday Morning, a New York City and Seabrook resident, as they walked their dogs on the beach.  Ann and Martha, along with Debbie Marlow, Wine Guru of the Wine Shop of Charleston, and former resident Susan Sully, created the Anglo Indian Sporting and Dining Club to practice the international culinary arts.  The Club thrives today.

Ann's greatest joy was when her two sons decided to move to Charleston in the late 1990s.  Brett quickly became a renowned chef at Fulton V downtown, recognized by the James Beard Foundation in 1999, and, along with his wife Jill and brother Craig, opened Twizt on James Island in 2005.  Ann's greatest sadness was when Brett was killed, and Jill badly injured in a head-on collision by a drunken driver driving the wrong way on the James Island Connector divided highway on November 30, 2008.  As a remembrance, the family established the Brett Maynard Memorial Scholarship Fund at the TTC Foundation.

In late 1999, after the company with which he worked was acquired, Ed stayed on Seabrook to write books on healthcare and to build software companies focused on healthcare privacy and security compliance and training.  Ann enjoyed having Ed at home on Seabrook during the week, and traveling with him on business�especially to San Francisco and London�and with the family on vacations to South Africa and Maine.

Ann died on Monday morning, April 25, 2011, from complication following surgery. Ann is survived by her husband Ed, daughter-in-law Jill Maynard, son Craig Maynard and his significant other, Megan Dugan�all in the Charleston area; step-daughters Darragh Cheleden of Pasadena, CA and Devon Coleman of Mobile, AL, and Ed's five grandchildren; brothers Breck Arnzen of Andover, MA, Chip Williams of Pemaquid, ME, and Tim Williams of Peaks Island, ME; and sister Sue Bigelow of Jacksonville, FL.

The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Jones III are invited to attend a memorial service, Celebrating Ann's Life, on Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 11:00 AM in the J. Henry Stuhr, Inc. Downtown Chapel, 232 Calhoun St., Charleston, SC 29401.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests remembrances be made to: 

TTC Foundation

Brett Maynard Memorial Scholarship Fund

PO Box 61227

Charleston, SC 29419.

Written by Ed Jones

April 26, 2011