Margie Hazel Anderson (Williams)

Margie Anderson – Bristol, TN
Margie Hazel (Williams) Anderson, was a resident of Hiltons, VA for 67 years. She passed away, Thursday, May 14, 2020 at her residence in Bristol, TN.
Margie was born in Scott County, VA on February 20, 1928, and was the daughter of the late Dillard Griffin and Lou Vena (Winkle) Williams.
In addition to her parents, her husband, Donald Worley Anderson (2007); daughter, Robin Hope (Anderson) McAmis (2013); and her brother and sisters preceded her in death.
She attended grade school at Riverview Primary in the Nottingham community and graduated from Shoemaker High School in Gate City, VA. She graduated from Feathers Cosmetology Beauty School and practiced in Gate City, VA for several years.
Margie met her husband, Don Anderson in 1947 and they married two years later in 1949. They started their family in 1951.
She and Don loved square dancing.
She was the district manager for World Book Encyclopedia, as well as the co-manager with her husband, Don for the Hiltons Water Department.
Margie loved traveling. Some of her travels included Richmond and Chicago, where she met the astronaut, John Glenn. She earned a trip to Spain and Africa through her job at World Book.
She was a member of Community United Methodist Church in Kingsport, TN. She loved her church.
In her later years, her hobbies were reading, working word puzzles, and watching Gun Smoke.
Surviving is her son, Douglas Anderson and wife, Deborah, Kingsport, TN; daughters, Karen (Anderson) Venable and husband, Glen, Bristol, TN, and Cynthia (Anderson) Carmack and husband, Chris, Bristol, TN; son-in-law, Danny McAmis, Church Hill, TN; grandchildren, Kimberly Blackburn and husband, Mark, Jennifer Ward and husband, David, Jessica Bellamy, Richard Lyons and wife, Heather, Andrew McAmis and wife, Samantha, and Danielle Ryans and husband, Shane; great grandchildren, Chase Blackburn, Ian Blackburn, Madison Blackburn, Hailey Lyons, Bella Smile, Dalton Lyons, Abbey Rose Ward, Jon David Ward, and Alexander and Greyson McAmis; loving nieces, Marcenna Raines and husband, Steve and Michelle Anderson Moore and husband, Heath; along with several other nieces and nephews; her special Canadian family; and her cat, Gracie; along with many other friends to numerous to mention.
A graveside service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, May 17, 2020 at Holston View Cemetery, Weber City, VA with Pastor Ray Amos of Southside United Methodist Church officiating. Music will be provided by Jon Shell on the Bagpipes, and her family.
Her grandchildren will serve as pallbearers.
Family and friends are asked to meet at the cemetery for the graveside service.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the National Hydrocephalus Foundation at www.nhfonline.org, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at www.mda.org, or Saint Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
An online guest register is available for the Anderson family at www.gatecityfunerals.com.
Gate City Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Margie Hazel (Williams) Anderson.
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