Obituaries
Margaret Woodard Richard
( January 3, 1928 - August 31, 2017 )
Margaret Woodward Richard, age 89, of Molly Acres Lane in Lincolnton, died on Thursday, August 31, 2017.
Her funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 5, 2017, at Redeemed Baptist Church with Rev. Alan Wheeler officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Monday, September 4, 2017, at Redeemed Baptist Church.
Mrs. Richard was born January 3, 1928, in Nashville, Tennessee, to the late Bedford David Woodard and Maybel Herrell Woodard. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Wesley Alexander Richard, Sr.; daughter, Brenda Gale Richard Sain; brothers, Bedford Herrell Woodard, James David Woodard, William Eugene Woodard and Bedford David Woodard, Jr.; and sister, Virginia Wilson. She was a former employee of Dupont in Virginia, and moved to North Carolina in August 1972. She also sold Avon and was a previous route carrier for the Lincoln Times-News for 30+ years. She loved to crochet and sold tablecloths, afghans, bedspreads and dolls. The thing she loved the most was singing for the Lord. She sang in several churches in the Lincolnton area and was a frequent guest for Wayne Sparks Freewill Baptist on an AM radio station. She was a former member of Pearl Baptist Church.
She is survived by her children, Wesley Alexander Richard, Jr., of North Chesterfield, VA, Linda Tanner of Amelia, VA, Cindy Collins, Margaret-Ann Turner, Jeff A. Richard, all of Lincolnton; brother, Robert Lee Woodard of Deltaville, VA; one sister, Dellla Mae Delbridge of Richmond, VA; fifteen grandchildren; twenty-one great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Redeemed Baptist Church, PO Box 1588, Lincolnton, NC 28093
Her funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 5, 2017, at Redeemed Baptist Church with Rev. Alan Wheeler officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Monday, September 4, 2017, at Redeemed Baptist Church.
Mrs. Richard was born January 3, 1928, in Nashville, Tennessee, to the late Bedford David Woodard and Maybel Herrell Woodard. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Wesley Alexander Richard, Sr.; daughter, Brenda Gale Richard Sain; brothers, Bedford Herrell Woodard, James David Woodard, William Eugene Woodard and Bedford David Woodard, Jr.; and sister, Virginia Wilson. She was a former employee of Dupont in Virginia, and moved to North Carolina in August 1972. She also sold Avon and was a previous route carrier for the Lincoln Times-News for 30+ years. She loved to crochet and sold tablecloths, afghans, bedspreads and dolls. The thing she loved the most was singing for the Lord. She sang in several churches in the Lincolnton area and was a frequent guest for Wayne Sparks Freewill Baptist on an AM radio station. She was a former member of Pearl Baptist Church.
She is survived by her children, Wesley Alexander Richard, Jr., of North Chesterfield, VA, Linda Tanner of Amelia, VA, Cindy Collins, Margaret-Ann Turner, Jeff A. Richard, all of Lincolnton; brother, Robert Lee Woodard of Deltaville, VA; one sister, Dellla Mae Delbridge of Richmond, VA; fifteen grandchildren; twenty-one great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Redeemed Baptist Church, PO Box 1588, Lincolnton, NC 28093
Posted on 01 Sep 2017
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