Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Doss, Margaret V. Goodrich, 2019 

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MARGARET GOODRICH DOSS 

  Newsoms - Margaret Goodrich Doss, 95, died peacefully in her sleep on 
Monday, July 22, 2019 in Richmond, VA where she had lived for the past six 
years.

  Margaret was born on September 2, 1923 in Surry County, VA to the late John 
Waverly Goodrich and Mabel Joyner Goodrich.  After graduating in 1941 from 
Dendron High School, she married her childhood friend, the late Frank Erroll 
Doss, Jr. of Belspring, VA.

  Margaret and Frank shared 54 happy years together filled with love, family 
and friends.  After their children were born, they moved their family from the 
mountains of Virginia to Newsoms where she and Frank became active members of 
the Newsoms United Methodist Church and an integral part of the community.

  Known for her cooking, her passion for Virginia Tech football, her talent 
for bowling strikes, her love of country music and her green thumb, she served 
for years as a volunteer at the Southampton Memorial Hospital and as an 
Officer of Elections for the Newsoms polling precinct.  She will be best 
remembered as a loving mother and being "Grammy" to her grandchildren and 
great-grandchildren.

  Margaret is survived by a son, two daughters, four grandchildren, and six 
great-grandchildren.  She was predeceased by a granddaughter.

  Margaret is also survived by two brothers, two sisters, one stepbrother, and 
many nieces and nephews.  She was predeceased by two brothers, three sisters, 
two stepbrothers, two stepsisters, and her step-mother.

  A funeral service will be held at Newsoms United Methodist Church on 
Saturday, July 27 at 10:00 a.m.  Burial will follow at Hollywood Cemetery, 
Newsoms.  The family will receive friends at Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, VA 
on Friday, July 26 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.  In lieu of flowers, memorial 
donations may be made to Newsoms United Methodist Church, 29189 S. Main St., 
Newsoms, VA 23874.  www.wrightfuneralhome.org


Margaret V. (GOODRICH; Mrs. Frank E. Jr.) DOSS, 
b. 2 Sep 1923, Surry Co., d. 22 Jul 2019, Richmond, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 27 Jul 2019, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), July 24, 2019; 
   posted with Find a Grave Mem. #201444611 

*Southampton County Historical Society (SCHS) Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-24): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

Her parents & step-mother are buried in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery, 
   Surry Co., near Wakefield. 

Her husband's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Mar. 28, 1995) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d200f2ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/d200m6ob.txt