Mary Lane Morrison

Mary Lane Morrison (August 15, 1907 – July 16, 1994) was an American writer, historian and preservationist. She was the curator of the Georgia Historical Society, a member of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the state of Georgia and was a director in The Victorian Society, founded in 1966. on the architectural work of John S. Norris, and edited Historic Savannah: A Survey of Significant Buildings in the Historic and Victorian Districts of Savannah, Georgia.

Biography Morrison was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1907, the daughter of Mills Bee Lane Sr. (1860–1945) and Mary Comer Lane (1881–1966). She was the sister of Mills Jr., Hugh, Edward and Remer Young Lane (1910–1984). She was also the granddaughter of Hugh Comer (1842–1900), who died seven years before she was born.

On May 10, 1941, she married Howard Jackson Morrison (1905–1965), a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy, with whom she had two sons — Howard J. Morrison Jr. (1943–2019) and Mills Lane Morrison

Death and legacy Morrison died in 1994, aged 86.

Publications John S. Norris: Architect in Savannah (1980)