Mary Jane Mohr

Beloved wife, mother, and grandmother Mary Jane Mohr passed away on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at the age of 85, after an extended illness. She is survived by her husband, David Wilfred Mohr. They were married at the First Methodist Church on December 26, 1964, and remained together until her death.

She is also survived by two daughters, Rachel Natasha Mohr (m. Alex Riley Mohr) of Omaha, Nebraska, and Susan Margaret Mohr Brown (m. Roger Ray Brown) of Dalton, Georgia; one granddaughter, Cassandra Ruth Brown (fiancee John Williams) of Acworth, Georgia; and her Teddy Bear pup, Sugar.

Mary Jane, the only child of Margaret Ruth Gregory Hamilton and Robert Flynt Hamilton, was born in Dalton on May 1, 1941. Rob was a co-founder of Candlewick Yarns, and he also served as the mayor of Dalton from 1957 to 1963.

After working as a librarian for several years, Mary Jane found her calling as a nurse at Bay Convalescent, a nursing home in Panama City, Florida. Her husband and daughters remember her as loving, kind, generous, and intelligent. She was a caring wife and mother who listened to their problems, expressed sympathy about their woes, and gave excellent advice. She was especially fond of dogs. Aside from a long succession of personal pets, she volunteered for ten years at the Northwest Georgia Humane Society’s shelter in Dalton. She also held an active role in the Joie de Vivre Club, a garden club that was founded years earlier by her mother and David’s mother, Melita (Neufeld) Mohr.

Mary Jane grew up in the house that is now the Cowan Law Firm on Selvidge Street. In 2006, she self-published a book titled Selvidge Street Stories, a collection of vignettes about herself, her family, and her relatives and friends who lived in her neighborhood. In the book, she called herself “the last Selvidge Street child.” The stories cover a time from 1900 until the 1990s and describe the birth, growth, and eventual decay of what became a downtown neighborhood in a small Southern town. The book became a local best-seller, particularly with history and genealogy buffs.

Mary Jane will be interred in a private family ceremony at West Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations in her name be made to the Humane Society of Northwest Georgia at 1210 Veterans Drive Dalton, GA. 30721 or on the humane society web page at hsnwga.org.

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