Smyth County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Margaret Diggs

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Notices for Feb. 26, 2005

Smyth County News
Thursday, March 3, 2005

Diggs 

Margaret Diggs, 94, of Saltville, died Friday, Feb. 25, 2005, in Valley
Health Care in Chilhowie. She was born in Damascus, the daughter of the late
Henry E. and Belle W. Diggs. The family moved to Saltville in 1925. After
graduation from Saltville High School, she studied secretarial science at
Bristol Commercial College. While in Bristol she played piano for the choir of
Addilynn Methodist Church in its broadcasts from radio station WOPI. She
returned to Saltville as secretary in the gypsum division of Mathieson Alkali
Works at North Holston. She later moved to the Saltville Plant of Mathieson
where she served more than 35 years as secretary to Ray B. Worthy, a vice
president of the company and manager of the Saltville operation, and succeeding
plant managers Leonard Bradt, Robert Aebersold, and George F. Comer. She was an
active member of Madam Russell United Methodist Church, serving many years as
pianist for the junior choir at Sunday evening worship. She was a counselor for
the Methodist Youth Fellowship and also taught a youth Sunday school class for
several years. Survivors include a brother, Henry E. Diggs, Jr., of Arden, N.C.;
and a niece and several nephews. A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005, in Glenwood Cemetery in Bristol, Tenn., with the Rev.
Janet Richardson officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to Madam
Russell United Methodist Church in Saltville, or to Addilynn Memorial United
Methodist Church in Bristol, Tenn. D. R. Henderson Funeral Home in Saltville is
in charge of arrangements.