Mary CARY^[1]

1914 - 1999  (84 years)

• Name	Mary CARY
  Birth	16 Sep 1914	Richmond City, VA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  WWII	10 Sep 1942	Richmond City, VA   [4, 5]
  	Mary enlisted in the US Women's Army Corps on 10 September 1942 as an Aviation Cadet. According to her enlistment record she had completed four years of high school and was working as a sewing machine operator. Her height was noted as 61 inches and her weight as 112 pounds. Mary attained the rank of a first lieutenant by the end of the war.
  Death	15 Feb 1999  [2]
  	Mary's last residence was Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was 84 years old at the time of her death.
  Burial	19 Feb 1999	Richmond City, VA   [6]
  	Her body was interred on 19 February 1999 in the Hunsdon Cary family plot at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.
  Person ID	I59648	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Hunsdon CARY,   b. 4 Apr 1872, Richmond City, VA d. 18 Sep 1952 (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Mary MILLER,   b. 4 Jun 1878, New Brighton, Staten Island, NY d. Jun 1973 (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	17 Dec 1908  [3, 7]
  Family ID	F5929	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John Walter Philip GRAHAM,   b. 27 Nov 1912, Manning, Clarendon Co, SC d. 2 Mar 1989 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	8 Jul 1940  [3, 8]
  Notes	No children from this union have been found.
  Family ID	F5938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Andrew George BABIAK   d. Before 17 Feb 1999
  Marriage	Before 4 Sep 1987  [9, 10]
  	Mary and Andrew had married before 4 September 1987 when she was named as Mary Babiak in her brother Wilson's obituary of that date.
  Notes	No children from this union have been found.
  Family ID	F5971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos

  1920 US Census / Cary, Hunsdon 1109 Grove Ave, Richmond, VA

  
  

• Sources

  [S1105] 1930 US Census / Cary, Hunsdon. [S1151] Mary C. Babiak. SSN 226-38-9995. SSDI. [S953] Wilson Miles Cary, compiler, Cary, "Ancestral Lineage of Hunsdon Cary of Richmond, VA", Accession No. 27382. [S1148] Mary C. Graham. U.S. WWII Army enlistment record (1942). [S3037] U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006. Hollywood Cemetery: Mary Cary Babiak burial. [S1515] Hollywood Cemetery burial registers, Richmond, VA. [S954] William Riddle Tone Family, web site., p. 90. [S954] William Riddle Tone Family, web site., p. 98. [S1112] Wilson Miles Cary obituary, The Washington Post, (District of Columbia) 4 September 1987. [S1152] Mary Cary Babiak obituary, Richmond Times-Dispatch, (Virginia) 17 February 1999.