Margaret Elizabeth Wood Newton, 92, of Fayetteville, passed away on Sunday February 12, 2012. She was born April 11, 1919 in Hoke County to the late Thaddeus Graham Wood and Flora Margaret Monroe Wood. She is preceded in death by her husband Edwin David Newton, Sr and a son, Edwin David Newton, Jr; a brother, James G. Wood and sisters Lela W. McInnis and Hazel W. Smith. She was a lifelong member of Galatia Presbyterian Church and a recipient of the Presbyterian Women's Honorary Life Membership. She was a homemaker, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
The family will receive friends Tuesday February 14, 2012 from 6-8 p.m. in Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home, and the funeral will be conducted Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 11 a.m. in Galatia Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Shuford White and the Rev. Beth Faulk officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Survivors include her daughters, Margaret Ann Newton Shannon and husband Eugene H. Shannon of Raeford; Patricia Elizabeth Newton Hurt and husband Jeffery W. Hurt of Dallas, Texas; one sister, Louise Wood Reynolds of Raeford; nine grandchildren: 17 great-grandchildren; and two caregivers, Julia Zabala and Elaine Minshew.
Memorials may be made to Galatia Presbyterian Church Building Fund 8800 Galatia Church Road, Fayetteville, NC 28304