Peggy S. Willis

GREENSBORO Peggy Willis, age 59, passed from labor to reward on Resurrection Sunday, March 27, 2016, at Wesley Long Hospital in Greensboro, NC. Born in Charleston, SC, the second of three children born to Marie Simmons and the late Henry Simmons, she graduated from Charleston High School, and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she met Robert Lee Willis, Jr., whom she married in 1981. A woman of tremendous accomplishment, Peggy obtained two degrees. She earned a bachelor's degree from UNC and a master's from UNC-Greensboro. She was employed by, and retired from, Miller Brewing Company, where she worked as a chemist. She was long-time member of Love and Faith Christian Fellowship in Greensboro, and was a committed Christian whose life was a blessing to all she knew. Predeceased by her husband, Robert; her father, Henry; and her brother, Mark; she leaves to celebrate her life her sons, Matthew and David Willis of Greensboro; her mother, Marie Simmons of Charleston; her sister, Fran Atchison (Samuel) of Greensboro; sister-in-law, Cheryl Simmons of Greensboro; three aunts, Irene Bennett of Augusta, GA; Evelyn Coleman (Benjamin) of Charleston; and Helen Ravenel of Summerville, SC; one uncle, Willis Ravenel (Ann) of Augusta, GA; and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 2, at Love and Faith Christian Fellowship, 4344 Blackberry Road, Greensboro, NC. The viewing will be from 11:00 to 12:00 p.m., with the service immediately following.