Nellie Marie McConchie

Nellie Marie McConchie

Nellie Marie McConchie, 85, of Charlottesville, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 3, 2013, at a local hospital. She was born on September 2, 1927, in Swoope, Virginia, the daughter of the late Charlie E. and Hannah Mariah Hufman Armstrong. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Walter "Dick" Craig and John McConchie; and two siblings, Lucy Rittenhouse and Letch Armstrong. She is survived by a daughter, Audrey Marie Taylor and her husband, Duff; a son, Buford M. "Tinker" Craig and his wife, Helen; two stepdaughters, Nancy Harris and her husband, Gene, and Janice Street; two sisters, Katie Shiflett and Mary Hicks; two brothers, Roy Armstrong and Johnnie Armstrong; six grandchildren, Tiffany Craig, Heather Williams, Beth Taylor, Erin Taylor, Robbie Harris and Susan Harris; Cheryl Sandridge, whom she thought of as a grandchild; eight great- grandchildren; and special neighbors, Chuck and Carole, whom she considered family. A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, January 8, 2013, at the Teague Funeral Home chapel with the Reverend Colleen Swingle-Titus and the Reverend David Collyer officiating. Interment will follow at Monticello Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 until 7:30 p.m. on Monday, January 7, 2013, at the Teague Funeral Home. The family would like to express their special thanks to the staff of The Laurels and the staff of Martha Jefferson Hospital for the compassion and care provided to Nellie. Friends may sign the guest register at teaguefuneralhome.com.



This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.