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'''Isabel Bibb Anderson Comer''' (born [[May 31]], [[1915]] in [[Montgomery]], died August [[1985]] in [[Sylacauga]]) was the wife of [[Avondale Mills]] president [[Donald Comer | '''Isabel Bibb Anderson Comer''' (born [[May 31]], [[1915]] in [[Montgomery]], died August [[1985]] in [[Sylacauga]]) was the wife of [[Avondale Mills]] president [[Donald Comer Jr]] and founder of the [[Isabel Anderson Comer Museum and Arts Center]] in Sylacauga. | ||
Isabel Anderson attended the Margaret Booth School for Girls and Sweet Briar College in Virginia. She married Comer on [[October 29]], [[1936]]. While living in [[Birmingham]] she served as president of the [[Red Mountain Garden Club of America]] and as a member of the [[Committee of 100]], the [[Colonial Dames of America]] and [[Daughters of the American Revolution]]. She was a long-time supporter of the [[Birmingham Civic Symphony]]. | Isabel Anderson attended the Margaret Booth School for Girls and Sweet Briar College in Virginia. She married Comer on [[October 29]], [[1936]]. While living in [[Birmingham]] she served as president of the [[Red Mountain Garden Club of America]] and as a member of the [[Committee of 100]], the [[Colonial Dames of America]] and [[Daughters of the American Revolution]]. She was a long-time supporter of the [[Birmingham Civic Symphony]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 09:26, 10 January 2024
Isabel Bibb Anderson Comer (born May 31, 1915 in Montgomery, died August 1985 in Sylacauga) was the wife of Avondale Mills president Donald Comer Jr and founder of the Isabel Anderson Comer Museum and Arts Center in Sylacauga.
Isabel Anderson attended the Margaret Booth School for Girls and Sweet Briar College in Virginia. She married Comer on October 29, 1936. While living in Birmingham she served as president of the Red Mountain Garden Club of America and as a member of the Committee of 100, the Colonial Dames of America and Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a long-time supporter of the Birmingham Civic Symphony.
After the Comers moved to Sylacauga in 1971 she took a leadership role in expanding the city's civic and cultural institutions. She was president of the Sylacauga Council on Arts and Humanities, a member of the board of the Sylacauga Beautification Council, and a member of the Marble City Study Club. She led efforts to convert the former B. B. Comer Library into a museum of art, which was dedicated in 1982 and renamed in her honor shortly before her death in 1985.
Comer died in 1985 and was survived by her former husband and two children, Donald III and Charles. She is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Montgomery.