Mary Ann Hemmings is the widow of John Hemmings.  Mary Ann helped form The John Hemmings Foundation to honor her husband’s memory and his passion to help others in the Pinal County community.  Mary Ann came to Arizona at the age of 17.  She graduated from Agua Fria High School in 1960.  She met John at the age of 19, while working at Phoenix area bank as a teller.  John and Mary Ann were married March 3, 1962, and enjoyed over 40 years of marriage before John passed of lung cancer in December 2004.  Mary Ann was mother to her and John’s three children, Catherine Hemmings, Theresa Hemmings Ratliff and John Hemmings, Jr.  Mary Ann was a loving grandmother to her 7 grandchildren.  Mary Ann was a parishioner at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church and was active in the Casa Grande community.

Mary Ann Hemmings passed unexpectedly in October of  2021