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- Maine Sunday Telegram (Portland, ME)
July 5, 1998
Mary Annis Haskell Bennett, 79, formerly of Damariscotta and Augusta, Maine, died Monday at her home in Florida after a long illness.
She was born in Seattle, Wash., a daughter of Dr. Harris B. and Bertha Marston Haskell, and attended Bancroft School, Worcester, Mass., and Smith College.
From 1941-1963, she was married to Joseph Williamson of Augusta.
Mrs. Bennett was an accomplished sculptor and painter with a lifelong interest in the arts. She studied with Alfred Chadbourne of Yarmouth, Maine, and in 1997 traveled to France to study at Giverny, the home of Claude Monet.
Surviving are three sons, Joseph Williamson Jr. of Pittsford, N.Y., David H. Williamson of St. James City, Fla., and William B. Williamson II of Cumberland Center, Maine; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
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