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In 2018, Lillian Bellamy Boney made a generous donation of $25,000 to fund much needed interior restoration projects at the Burgwin-Wright House. We celebrated Lillian's gift with a ribbon-cutting event and by creating a giving society in her honor.

To join the Lillian Bellamy Boney Society – our highest giving circle – make a gift of $25,000 or more to any of the NC Society's historic houses or to the Museum Houses Endowment. This gift can also be in the form of a pledge to be paid over five years.

Benefits

Donors to the Lillian Bellamy Boney Society receive the following benefits:

  • Recognition in every issue of the Pine Cone
  • Recognition on this page of the Society's web site permanently
  • Invitation to a President's gathering at the Annual Meeting 
  • Recognition at the Annual Meeting
  • Profile in an issue of the Pine Cone
  • Pine Cone pin

 

Members of The Lillian Bellamy Boney Society

Anonymous, 2024
Anonymous in Memory of Mary McLean Sherrill, 2024
Lillian Bellamy Boney, 2018
Eugenie Waddell Carr, 2024
Mary Boney Clark, 2024
Emmett Boney Haywood, 2024
Mary Flagg Nimocks Haugh, 2024
Emmett Haywood, 2024
Elisabeth Nimocks Gooch, 2024
Lalla Nimocks Harley, 2024
KH Simpson Foundation, 2025

 

About Lillian... Headshot of Lillian Bellamy BOney

 

 

 


Lillian Bellamy Boney joined the Dames at age 21 in 1946.  Lillian remained a devoted member until her death in 2019 at age 93. 

She was active throughout her life in the Dames and served in multiple leadership positions including her service as NC President for six years and later as National Regional Vice President.  

Besides her myriad friends in the Dames, Lillian most treasured her work leading the Indian Nurse Committee and her work in preserving the Burgwin-Wright House and Haywood Hall. She dearly loved her Indian Nurse scholarship recipients and spent thousands of hours over the years working on awarding scholarships and corresponding with recipients.  Lillian wanted to give back to Native Americans who, she believed, we as Dames have a duty to help.

With regard to the Burgwin-Wright House and Haywood Hall, Lillian was a huge advocate for historic preservation.  Indeed, she and her husband Leslie Boney received the Cannon Cup from Preservation North Carolina in part for her work preserving the Burgwin-Wright House and Haywood Hall.  Lillian strongly believed that it was the responsibility of Dames to support our historic properties, thereby saving our nation's history for future generations.