Margaret Bradley Forsyth

Margaret Bradley Forsyth Margaret Bradley Forsyth died on Friday, February 15, 2013, at the age of ninety eight. She was born and raised at her family's farm, in Glendower, near Keene, Virginia. As a gardener and naturalist, she loved all creatures, great and small, but particularly, horses and dogs. She was a graduate of St. Catherine's School and Sweet Briar College and rode competitively at each of these schools, as well as in Albemarle County. She and her husband operated a cattle farm on the James River in Fluvanna County for over 50 years. She was a member of Grace Episcopal Church in Bremo Bluff and served on the vestry and alter guild. She was predeceased by her parents, Margaret Post Bradley and Edgar L. Bradley Jr.; her brother, William P Bradley; her husband, George W. Forsyth; and her son, G. Logan Forsyth. Surviving are her daughter, Margaret F. Haney of Charlottesville; her daughter-in-law, Louise P. Forsyth; grandchildren, W. Douglas Haney and Molly and Margaret Bradley Kilmartin and Casey of Charlottesville, Temple F. Basham and Andrew of Richmond and Anne Logan F. Bass and Thomas of Roanoke; four great- grandchildren; and a number of devoted nieces and nephews. Burial will be private at Christ Church in Glendower, Keene, Virginia. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Fluvanna SPCA, 5239 Union Mills Road, Troy, VA 22974 or Caring for Creatures, 352 Sanctuary Lane, Palmyra, VA 22963.

This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.