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Futch, Margaret Walden

Futch, Margaret Walden

Female 1922 - 2012  (90 years)

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  • Name Futch, Margaret Walden 
    Born 30 May 1922  Muscogee County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 10 Aug 2012  Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Gaston Memorial Park - Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Findagrave.com Memorial #95187138
    Person ID I7568  Coursey-Sansing Tree
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 

    Father Futch, Thurston DuPuis Sr.,   b. 11 Oct 1886, Alachua County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1979, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Birch, Elizabeth Morrison,   b. 10 Apr 1894, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1976, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F3142  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Owens, Dr. M O Jr. 
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 
    Family ID F3144  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Williford, Wade Hampton III,   b. 7 Sep 1918, Darlington County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1974, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married Abt 1943 
    Children 
     1. Williford, Wade Hampton IV
     2. Williford, Quay Donovant III,   b. 17 Jan 1948, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Williford, Margaret
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 
    Family ID F3145  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Owens, George Lionel,   b. 12 Apr 1913,   d. 14 Nov 1992  (Age 79 years) 
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 
    Family ID F3149  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

    • Obituary


      Margaret Futch Williford Brown Ow3ens was a daughter of Thurston Dupuis Futch and Elizabeth Snyder Birch Futch of Macon, GA. She was first married to Wade Hampton Williford, III; secondly to George Lionel Brown, and thirdly to Dr. M.O. Owens, Jr. of Gastonia, NC. She was a lifetime member of First Presbyterian Church, Gastonia, NC, where she was a deacon and elder, a volunteer for Gaston Hospice in its formative years, and active in many groups and clubs. She most recently attended Parkwood Baptist Church with her husband and pastor, Dr. M. O. Owens, Jr. Margaret was predeceased by her parents, her first two husbands, and by a brother, Thurston D. Futch, Jr. and two sisters, Betty Futch Monroe and Jean Futch. She is survived by her husband, Dr. M.O. Owens, Jr., Gastonia, NC; sons and daughters-in-law, USAF Col. Wade Hampton Williford, IV and wife, Judy, Mills River, NC; Quay Dunovant Williford, III and wife, Terry, Lake Wylie, SC; daughter and son-in-law, Margaret Williford Turner, and husband, William, of Wilmington, NC; step-daughters, Celia Owens Alexander, Suffolk, VA; Linda Owens Russ, Greer, SC; and Mary Owens Lanaster, Vass, NC; a sister, Sally Futch Woodruff, Montgomery, AL; grandchildren and spouses, Elsa Gemeinhardt and husband, USAF Maj. Chad Gemeinhardt, Washington, DC; USAF Capt. Sarah Lark and husband, Brad, Dayton, OH; Anna Leigh Williford, Charleston, SC; Caroline Birch Williford, Lake Wylie, SC; and Mary Quay Williford, Lake Wlie, SC; and by a great-granddaughter, Chloe Quay Benzi, Lake Wylie, SC. Margaret was a beautiful Christian lady on the inside and outside. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.