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Marion, VA – Margaret Anne Overman Britton, 90, died
Thursday, April 9, 2009, in Francis Marion Manor Nursing
Home.
She was the widow of Julius A. Britton. She was born to
the late Thomas and Patsie Reid Overman in Elizabeth City,
NC.
She came to Smyth County to teach at Sugar Grove School in
1941. She met Julius, April 3, 1941, at a Grange meeting
at Riverside School and married him one year later. They
were both very active in South Fork Baptist Church before
joining Marion Baptist Church. Margaret Anne was honored
by South Fork Baptist Church by their naming the Adult
Ladies Sunday School Class after her, which she had taught
for many years.
She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Jane and
C. William Briggs Jr. of Mars Hill, N.C.; three sons and
daughters-in-law, David L. and Cathy Britton of North
Tazewell, VA, John A. and Pat Britton of Marion, VA, and
Richard N. and Deborah Britton of Ashland, VA; one sister-
in-law, June Overman of Elizabeth City; seven grandchildren;
five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April
11, 2009, at Marion Baptist Church, with Dr. Mark Ross and
the Rev. Bobby Blevins officiating. The family will
receive friends at the church after the service. Burial
will follow at the River Bend Cemetery in Marion.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the River
Bend Cemetery, c/o Margaret Johnson, 1805 Riverside Road,
Marion, VA 24354; or the Marion Baptist Church, 1285 North
Main St., Marion, VA 24354.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family at
http://www.seaverbrown.com
Seaver-Brown Funeral Service and Crematory is serving the
Britton Family.
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