Margueritte Wilson Norwood

NORWOOD, Margueritte Wilson, 92, died on the first of December 2008 at The Hermitage in Richmond after several years of declining health. Miss Norwood was born in Oxford, N.C., and moved with her family to Virginia in 1917. She graduated from John Marshall High School and worked in the insurance industry throughout her professional career, retiring as an officer of the First Commonwealth Life Insurance Company of Richmond. She was an active member of Northminster Baptist Church for many years, serving as a teacher and director of the Youth Department, as a Deacon, and member of the finance committee. In her church work, she had a real ability to make a positive difference in the lives of young people. She was preceded in death by her parents, James Nathaniel and Hattie Lee Wilson Norwood; her sisters, Isabelle Norwood Adams, Josephine Norwood and Inez Norwood Fridley; and brothers, William, Henry, Robert, and James Norwood. She is survived by her nieces, Inez Fridley, Sandra Fridley, Joanne Fridley, Isabelle Thierfeldt and Jeanette Wise; and great-nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at Bliley's-Staples Mill, 8510 Staples Mill Rd., on Sunday, December 7, from 2 to 6 p.m., and where funeral services will be held 12 noon on Monday, December 8. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the The Hermitage "Employee Holiday Fund," 1600 Westwood Ave., Richmond, Va. 23227, or Odyssey Hospice Care, 8000 Franklin Farms Dr., Suite 100, Richmond, Va. 23229. The family gives thanks and love to all the special people who took great care of Miss Norwood. Online condolences at www.Blileys.com.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.