Hello,
We are placing an announcement in my hometown paper to celebrate my (very belated) college graduation. My mother and father divorced when I was young, and my mother is remarried. My mother also wants everyone to recognize her name in the article (we are from a small town). Normally, I would write "daughter of Mrs. Sally Jones née Smith. However, my mother wants it to be clear that she was married to my father at the time of my birth (I realize this is nobody's business but where we're from, it's actually a point of pride...sadly). Should it be written Mrs. Sally (Thomas) Jones née Smith? Mrs. Sally (Smith) Jones née Thomas? Or is there just no way to meet all of her stipulations without appearing silly and I should tell her to let it go? TIA!