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Margaret Ashby

d. March 17, 2009

Waverly
MARGARET BOOTHE ASHBY, age 90, of Laurel Springs Road, Waverly, and the widow of Bailey S. Ashby, died Tuesday, March 17, 2009 in Lakewood Manor, Richmond. Born on Sept. 28, 1918 in Sussex County, she was the daughter of the late Burwell Franklin and Myrtle Williams Boothe. She was predeceased by two sisters, Eleanor Boothe and Carolyn Boothe Saunders.
Margaret had been a resident of Lakewood Manor since 1996. She was a member of the Derbyshire Baptist Church in Richmond and a former member of the Millfield Baptist Church in Ivor and Waverly Baptist Church (and the Womenâ??s Missionary Union of the church). She had formerly been a very active member of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. She was a member or the Waverly Womans Club, Virginia Farm Bureau, Agribusiness Council of Virginia and the Home Demonstration Club.
Margaret was the wife of Baily Sizer Ashby for 46 years. Bailey died on October 24, 1995. She was survived by a daughter, Carol Ashby Schlictherele, and husband, Rainer, of Midlothian; a son, Stuart Ashby, and wife, Stephanie, of Mechanicsville; four grandchildren, Lauren and Hannah Schlictherele and Ben and Elizabeth Ashby.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 2:00 PM at the Purviance Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son in Wakefield and officiated by the Rev. John Crocker.
Burial will follow in the Wakefield Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 6:30-8:30PM. Memorial donations may be made to your favorite house of worship or to your favorite charity. Condolences may posted at www.jtmorriss.com .
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