[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 118 (Monday, July 22, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       REMEMBERING MARIA MACAULAY

                                 ______
                                 

                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 22, 2024

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, today a Service of Worship 
in Remembrance of and Thanksgiving for Life was held for Maria Locke 
Boineau Macaulay at the historic First Presbyterian Church of Columbia, 
South Carolina. Services were conducted by Reverend Dr. David H. 
Lauten, with organist Thomas Russell, and soloist Emma Hagood.
  I am grateful Maria was the wife of my fellow former State Senator 
Alex Macaulay and my cherished Boineau second cousin.
  I include in the Record the following obituary that was published in 
the service bulletin:

       ``Maria Locke Boineau Macaulay passed away in the morning 
     of July 17, 2024. Born in Columbia on January 11, 1943, Maria 
     was the proud daughter of the late Edward ``Bru'' Boineau and 
     Helen Gayle Bell Boineau. She attended Columbia High, where 
     at 5'2'' and 95 pounds she earned the nickname ``Moose.'' A 
     lifelong lover of books and the Gamecocks, she graduated from 
     the University of South Carolina with a bachelor's degree in 
     English.
       ``After a brief stint in Charlotte, she returned to her 
     home state and married her first (and only) husband Alex 
     Macaulay of Columbia. In 1973, she moved with her husband and 
     two children--also named Maria and Alex--to Walhalla, South 
     Carolina where she established herself as a vibrant and 
     active presence in the community. As a member of the Walhalla 
     Presbyterian Church, she played in the hand bell choir with a 
     focus and intensity that was truly something to behold. She 
     worked years as an award winning and beloved substitute 
     teacher at Walhalla High School. While the students never 
     wished any ill will on their day to day teachers, they were 
     always excited when they walked in the classroom and saw Mrs. 
     Macaulay sitting behind the desk. In addition to her daily 
     walks around Sertoma Field, she dedicated countless hours to 
     the Oconee Public Library, delivering books throughout the 
     county, serving as chairperson of the Library's Board of 
     Trustees and as president of the Oconee County Friends of the 
     Library. In 1999, she was appointed by the governor to the 
     South Carolina State Library Board and would go on to chair 
     its Board of Trustees as well.
       ``A devoted and exuberant mother and grandmother, Riri, as 
     her six grandchildren called her, traveled across South 
     Carolina and the mountains of western North Carolina taking 
     them on vacations as well as attending an infinite number of 
     sporting events, dance recitals, graduations, birthday 
     parties, and other special and non-special occasions where 
     she let the children know each and every time how much she 
     loved them and how proud she was of them.
       ``Maria is survived by her husband, Alex Macaulay; her 
     sister, Gayle Boineau Darby; her daughter, Maria Macaulay 
     Sellers; her son, Alex Macaulay; a slew of grandchildren, 
     Maria Locke Sellers, Sarah Calhoun Sellers, Eliza Maxwell 
     Macaulay, Lee Edward Macaulay, Kate Eleanor Macaulay, and 
     Julia Webster Macaulay; and an even bigger bundle of cousins, 
     nieces and nephews.''