Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Eggleston, Margaret E. Pittman, 2010 

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MARGARET ELIZABETH PITTMAN PURSELL EGGLESTON 

  SUFFOLK - Margaret Pittman Pursell Eggleston, 89, passed away Tuesday, 
Sept. 7, 2010,at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk.

  She was born in Ivor to the late Ernest W. and Mabel Gertrude Williams 
Pittman.  Margaret was retired from the Bank of Sussex and Surry; a member 
of the Wakefield United Methodist Church and a member of the Daughters of 
the Confederacy. Mrs. Eggleston was predeceased by her husbands, D’Arcy Paul 
Pursell, Sr. [sic; II*] and Robert E. "Pete" Eggleston.

  She is survived by two daughters, Rosalyn Pursell Price of Christiansburg, 
Phyllis Pursell Fers; and a son, D’Arcy Paul Pursell Jr. both of Wakefield; 
four grandchildren, Karen S. Welch and husband, Hall, Adriane P. Sheppard, 
Donna S. Bassett and husband, Jay; Michael A. Price and wife, Theresa; five 
great-grandchildren, Jessica Knecht and Tannier Niecht, Virginia Bassett, 
James Sheppard and Emma Price; a sister, Gladys P. Beale; a sister-in-law, 
Frances Stamatas; and stepchildren, Michael T. Eggleston and wife, Helen of 
Wakefield, Patricia L. Allen of Big Arm, Montana, Robert "Bobby" Eggleston 
of Manteo, N.C., and Nancy Zych and husband, Ralph of Corrales, New Mexico 
and Andrew Eggleston and wife, Nancye Jo of Mount Juliet, Tennessee; and 
grandchildren, Wanda Ousaklidis, Michell Bradford, Alex Eggleston, and Brian 
and Jeffrey Zych.

  Funeral services will be held in the sanctuary of Wakefield United Methodist 
Church in Wakefield on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010, at 3 p.m. with Pastor Willie 
Guill and the Rev. Edward Owen officiating.  Interment will follow in the 
Wakefield Cemetery.  The family will receive friends prior to the service 
from 1 to 3 p.m. in the church fellowship hall.

  Memorial donations may be made to the Wakefield United Methodist Church, 
P.O. Box 87, Wakefield, VA 23888 or to the Waverly Volunteer Rescue Squad, 
P.O. Box 583, Waverly, VA 23890.

  Arrangements are being handled by the Purviance Chapel of J.T. Morriss & 
Son Funeral Home and Cremation service in Wakefield.


Margaret Elizabeth (PITTMAN PURSELL; Mrs. Robert E. "Pete") EGGLESTON, 
retired from the Bank of Sussex and Surry, 
b. 16 Feb 1921, Ivor, d. 7 Sep 2010, Suffolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 11 Sep 2010, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Sep. 9, 2010, p. A-8 

*Buried with her first husband.  Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Her second husband is buried with his first wife in Rocky Hock Methodist 
   Church Cemetery. 

His obit ("Daily Press," Apr. 21, 1998, p. 14) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/e242r1ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in Ivor Cemetery.  SCHS Cemetery Project, Ivor list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/ivor.txt 


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