Mary L. Barnes was born in Blenheim, SC. Graduated from high school in 1964. Moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1965. She took secretarial courses, while working at New York Telephone Company a long-di...view moreMary L. Barnes was born in Blenheim, SC. Graduated from high school in 1964. Moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1965. She took secretarial courses, while working at New York Telephone Company a long-distance operator. A few years later, she trained and retrained operators. She retired from Nynex (Telephone Company) in September 1995, and relocated to Blenheim, SC in 1997.view less