Margaret EGGLESTON Obituary

SUFFOLK - Margaret Pittman Pursell Eggleston, 89, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk.
She was born in Ivor to the late Ernest W. and Mabel Gertrude Williams Pittman. Margaret was retired from the Bank of Sussex and Surry; a member of the Wakefield United Methodist Church and a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. Eggleston was predeceased by her husbands, D'Arcy Paul Pursell, Sr. and Robert E. "Pete" Eggleston.
She is survived by two daughters, Rosalyn Pursell Price of Christiansburg, Phyllis Pursell Fers; and a son, D'Arcy Paul Pursell Jr. both of Wakefield; four grandchildren, Karen S. Welch and husband, Hal, Adriane P. Sheppard, Donna S. Bassett and husband, Jay, Michael A. Price and wife, Theresa; five great-grandchildren, Jessica Knecht and Tanner Knecht, Virginia Bassett, James Sheppard and Emma Price; a sister, Gladys P. Beale; a sister-in-law, Frances Stamatas; and stepchildren, Michael T. Eggleston and wife, Helen of Wakefield, Patricia L. Allen of Big Arm, Montana, Robert "Bobby" Eggleston of Manteo, N.C., and Nancy Zych and husband, Ralph of Corrales, New Mexico and Andrew Eggleston and wife, Nancye Jo of Mount Juliet, Tennessee; and grandchildren, Wanda Ousaklidis, Michelle Bradford, Alex Eggleston, and Brian and Jeffrey Zych.
Funeral services will be held in the sanctuary of Wakefield United Methodist Church in Wakefield on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010, at 3 p.m. with Pastor Willie Guill and the Rev. Edward Owen officiating. Interment will follow in the Wakefield Cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 1 to 3 p.m. in the church fellowship hall.
Memorial donations may be made to the Wakefield United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 87, Wakefield, VA 23888 or to the Waverly Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 583, Waverly, VA 23890.
Arrangements are being handled by the Purviance Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Wakefield. Condolences may be posted at www.jtmorriss.com. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.

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Published by Daily Press from Sep. 9 to Sep. 10, 2010.

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