Mary Margaret Adjei

Mary always saw the injustice of inequality in the United States of America for women and minority communities as the number one issue facing our country. She therefore decided to take action and focused a great deal of her time, energy and efforts into politics to work on changing the laws and attitudes in this society. This started at a grass roots level working on statewide campaigns with candidates that shared her views, and she also authored a book. She would go on to a National level, traveling all over the country, meeting with various organizations, and communities to help try and secure the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, “ERA”.

While a local lobbyist in Oklahoma, she felt she still could do more and decided to run for President of the National Organization for Women, “NOW”. She ran on her belief that the Organization, as a whole, should offer group life insurance, among other necessary benefits for its members and continue to keep the organization relevant and strong through the benefits it would provide for its members. Following her work for “NOW”, Mary felt it was time to focus on personal growth and graduated from Oklahoma City University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in the mid 1980’s. She spent a year in law school at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston, Texas, thereby digging even deeper into the laws she wanted to help fix.

In 1987, Mary met and married Attorney Justice B. Adjei in March, 1989, and she spent the rest of her life with her loving husband and continued her journey to help people in need. She was a substitute teacher in the Houston Independent School District for many years, and help educate many students. Mary also ran a business to help people fight addiction and achieve personal growth. She lived and traveled to the continents of Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Carribeans. She loved children and found great comfort in nurturing them through love and education. This was especially true for her grandchildren, Ian McQuay, and Sadie McQuay. Mary used to always say that her greatest goal in life was to be a grandmother, something she wanted to be since she was 5 years old. Mary’s thirst for knowledge and wanting to impact change will always leave an impact on this world.

Mary was proceeded in rest by her mother, Marion Fry and her father, Wayman Phil Fry. She will be missed but never lost by her husband Justice B. Adjei, son Chris McQuay, daughter-in-law Laura McQuay, grandchildren Sadie and Ian McQuay, brothers, John and Bill Fry, sisters, Susan Brown, Phyllis Ann Fry and many nieces, nephews, aunts, and cousins. She truly was one loving, caring, and exceptional woman. May our Good Lord keep her soul in PERFECT PEACE.