Mary-Bestor Bankhead Grant ’98

Mary-Bestor Bankhead Grant ’98, of Homewood, Ala.; Jul. 22. After Brown she traveled extensively before returning home to Alabama. She spent many years working in nonprofits in Birmingham that included the YWCA, the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, and the Cawaco River Project. She had an adventurous spirit and enjoyed scuba diving, zip lining, skydiving, hiking mountain summits, hot air ballooning, and going on safari in Zambia. She hiked Mount Kilimanjaro and walked the Camino de Santiago Trail in Spain. She enjoyed meeting people of all kinds. She is survived by her parents, a sister and brother-in-law, a brother, a niece, and two nephews.