Bible student rather than Bible lover, if you please, Brionon.
Yes, indeed - so few have actually read it - and the bits they have read they choose to recount selectively. During this period, of the four gospel writers, only John mentions the disciple that Jesus loved, and he doesn't say Mary rushed to tell the beloved disciple - he says that Mary ran to tell Simon Peter, and 'the other disciple whom Jesus loved', which could well mean that Jesus held special affection for more than one, so I don't believe we can necessarily dismiss Mary, or anyone else. Incidentally, as far as I'm aware, John is the only author who mentions the beloved disciple at all, and he's the only one who doesn't mention other women attending the grave with Mary. One has to question his agenda - and suspect that he was something of a misogynist.