Lily Morehead Mebane

Lily Connally Morehead Mebane (August 13, 1869 – June 15, 1943) was an American relief worker, politician, and heiress.

For her relief work during the war, Mebane was awarded the Cross of Mercy by King Peter I of Serbia and was made Knight of the Legion of Honour by the French government.

She and her husband were formally presented to King George V and Queen Mary at the Court of Saint James.

[5] Her grandfather, John Motley Morehead, was governor of North Carolina and the owner of the Blandwood Estate.

Her younger brother, John Motley Morehead III, was a founder of Union Carbide and the United States Ambassador to Sweden in the early 1930s.

[7] Lily Morehead attended Peace Institute, a Presbyterian girls' school in Raleigh, North Carolina.

[9][7] Queen Marie gave Mebane a traditional embroidered "peasant" costume from her personal collection.

In 1935, Mebane and her husband were presented at the Court of Saint James, where they met King George V and Queen Mary.

[20] Her diary and other notes are archived in the Morehead-Mebane Collection at Rockingham Community College, which also holds a parasol belonging to Lily Morehead Mebane.

[23][7] There is a stained-glass window at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Eden, given by Lily Morehead Mebane in memory of her mother.