Blackville, South Carolina--Home
Going Service for Ms. Margaret Ann Gadsden, 55, of 208 Jones Bridge
Road will be held Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 2:00 P.M. at Mt. Zion
Baptist Church, Lees, South Carolina. Pastor Freddie Wright, Sr. is the
pastor and eulogist. Interment service will be conducted in the church
cemetery.
The family is receiving
friends at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Shaneka DeLoach, 101
Beaver Dam Apartments in Blackville or on Tuesday evening, January 17,
2012 from 6-8:00 P.M. in the sanctuary of Macedonia Missionary Baptist
Church, 3572 Dexter Avenue, Blackville, South Carolina. Washington’s
Funeral Home of Hampton has been entrusted with final arrangements.
On
Friday, January 13, 2012, one of God’s children slept away to humble
submission as Margaret Ann Gadsden went home to rest. Ms. Gadsden was
one of two siblings born July 31, 1956 to Margaret Donaldson Gadsden and
the late Mr. Harold E. Gadsden, Sr.
Margaret Ann Gadsden joined
the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Lees, South Carolina at an early age.
There she remained a faithful member for her entire life.
“Ann”, as she was fondly
called by her friends and love ones, attended the Blackville Public
Schools from which she graduated in 1974. She was a 1979 graduate of
Voorhees College, Denmark, South Carolina.
She was employed as a teacher for thirty (30) years at Aiken-Barnwell Regional Headstart Child Development Program.
Left to cherish her memory
are: A loving mother, Margaret D. Gadsden of Blackville, South Carolina;
(1) Daughter, Shaneka DeLoach (Bill) of Blackville, South Carolina; (2)
Sons: Andre L Gadsden and Andrew D. Smith of the home; (5) Sisters:
Brenda G. Blake of Hornell, New York, Edith Gadsden of Rochester, New
York, Okeena Gadsden of Hornell, New York, Madelin Barkins of Syracuse,
New York and Michelle Ross of Williston, South Carolina; (4) Brothers:
Harold Gadsden (Retha) of Blackville, South Carolina, Harold Ross of
Williston, South Carolina, David Gadsden of Hornell, New York and Clary
Young (Clary Ann) of Blackville, South Carolina; (3) Aunts: Mattie
Salley of Blackville, South Carolina, Frances M. Gadsden of Delaware and
Carrie Rhynes of Rochester, New York; (7) Grandchildren: Aumon Pough,
Shamari Gadsden and Bill T. DeLoach, London Gadsden, Simone Gadsden and
Bilaysia DeLoach; A devoted friend, Carlos E. Lowe of Columbia, South
Carolina; An adopted niece, Johnetta Joyner of Blackville, South
Carolina.
“Ann’s” main objective in
life was to encourage others and to look for the “positive” in whatever
situation she endured. She never complained about anything. And, she
loved getting her hair and nails done!
