Nancy Cone Hanley

Nancy Gaither Cone was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on October 30, 1937 to Elizabeth Gaither Cone and Clarence Cone. After graduating from Chatham Hall high school in 1955, she attended Smith College as an English major. While at Smith she met Bryant "Tim" Hanley, Jr. of Rochester, New York, who was studying at Dartmouth College. They married on January 1, 1958 in Greensboro, moved to San Diego, California where Tim was to serve as an officer aboard the U.S.S. Kidd, and started their family. Tim's work brought them to Dallas in 1972, and they quickly called it home and became involved in the community. When her daughters left home, Nancy pursued her interest in the studio arts at Southern Methodist University (SMU). She became very active in the Dallas arts community, both as a patron of the arts and as an artist. In the early years she produced works in a wide variety of mediums including drawings, paintings, prints, and ceramics. In addition to her husband, Tim, she is survived by daughters Laura Lea, Barbara Ashworth, Beth Coffman, and six grandchildren of Dallas, and sister, Barbara McPhail, of Berkeley, California.