Ann Makemson Liddell Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Ann Makemson Liddell, classical pianist, loving wife, and devoted mother and grandmother, died at age 99 on June 22, 2022, at The Crossings at Reynolds Mountain, in Asheville, North Carolina. Mrs. Liddell was born in Evanston, Illinois the daughter of the late James Leroy Makemson and Florence Hines Makemson. She was a graduate of Evanston High School and The American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Ann was a music enthusiast and enjoyed playing classical music on the piano and listening to jazz musicians. Ann last worked as the Director of Headstart in the community of Bucksport, South Carolina. Ann and Bill Liddell, her husband of 65 years and now deceased were founding and charter members of All Souls Waccamaw Unitarian Universalist Church in Socastee, South Carolina. Raised as a Christian Scientist, in adult life Ann found a spiritual home with the Unitarian fellowship and appreciated their core values of worth and dignity; equity and compassion; acceptance of one another; search for truth, and the democratic process. Surviving are her two sons, David F. Liddell and his wife, Marcia, of Connecticut, and W. Mark Liddell and his wife, Donna, of South Carolina; one daughter, Elizabeth A. Button, of Asheville; five grandchildren, Katherine Button and Shane Dolezal-Liddell of North Carolina, James Liddell of Connecticut, Michael Liddell of Pennsylvania, Maria Liddell, and nine great-grandchildren. A celebration of Ann’s life will be held in Asheville, North Carolina, on October 8, 2022. Memorials may be sent to Human Rights First, 75 Broad Street, 31st. Floor

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Ann Makemson Liddell

October 16, 1922 - June 22, 2022