Mary Carol Gleason Poynter

Mary Carol was the youngest child of Carol and W. Lansing Gleason, pioneers in Brevard County, whose great grandfather, William Henry Hunt Gleason founded the City of Eau Gallie. She was born in Jacksonville, Florida at the request of her mother since there was no hospital in Brevard County on Sept 14, 1934. She passed away August 13, 2026. She attended Miss Harris Florida School in Miami, Fl from the second grade until she was graduated in 1952; thereafter graduating from Randolf Macon Woman’s College (now Randolf College) in Lynchburg, VA with a BA. She is a member of the Tri Delta Sorority. She married Raymond R, Poynter, Jr (Mickey) following graduation in 1956. She is survived by their daughter Carol Evans Poynter and her son-in-law David Gilchrist; nieces Carey Gleason and Joan Kligerman and her nephews John and Lansing Madry. Mary Carol began her career in real estate with Gleason & Neafie, Realtors in Indialantic, FL followed by Burklew Realty. She founded the Marywood Riding School in 1969 in west Eau Gallie where she taught hunt seat equitation for ten years. As a youngster she and her mother took a pony cart up to downtown Eau Gallie to grocery shop at Karrick’s Grocery Store. Active in civic affairs she was a board member of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Jr. League of South Brevard. She enjoyed team tennis, golf, travel, music and Seaside Readers book club. She was one of the founders of the Melbourne Community Orchestra in which she played violin. Mickey and she were proud of their philanthropy to enable The Health First Foundation to purchase a “Da Vinci Surgical Robot” which by coincidence helped to save her life in 2021. The Service will be held in the Chapel of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church on a date to be decided. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Humane Society of South Brevard, to the {Melbourne Community Orchestra} and to The Cancer Society.