Dale Mercer

Mercer, born Dale Tatum, is the daughter of William Louis Tatum and Otine Baird Tatum.[1][2] Her family were members of the Country Club of Virginia and prominent in Richmond society. She grew up in Richmond and New York City.[3] Mercer received a bachelor of arts degree from Meredith College and a master of arts degree from Harvard University.

She married George Riley Mercer II, a businessman from Richmond.[4] Her husband was a real estate developer, architectural consultant, and partner in the Mercer Rug and Carpet Company, the GII Corporation, and the George-Marshall Corporation.[5][6] They have two daughters, Tinsley Randolph Mercer Mortimer and Dabney Winston Mercer.[4][7][8] The family lived at Graymont, an early 20th-century mansion in central Richmond.[9][10] She and Mercer later divorced after being married for twenty-eight years.[6][3][11] Her ex-husband died in 2015.[6]

Mercer lives in Palm Beach, Florida and works as an interior designer there and in Manhattan.[12][13][14]

Mercer was listed in the Social Register in 2006.[15]

Mercer was a cast member of the 2010 reality television series High Society on The CW.[16] In July 2010 Mercer appeared, alongside her daughter Tinsley, on the Dr. Phil episode Meddling Moms.[17] Since 2017 Mercer has made appearances on Bravo's reality television series The Real Housewives of New York City.[18][19]