Mrs. Margaret Holloway Finley's Obituary
Margaret Finley, 103, resident of Windlands East Retirement Community, Madison, TN, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2020. Margaret was born May 25, 1917 to the late Harding Hume and Betty Milton Sullivan Holloway in Kenton, Kentucky. The family later moved to Detroit, Michigan, where Clark and Margaret met at a church fellowship and were married on September 8, 1939. Margaret is survived by 2 children, Thomas Gray Finley and wife, Charlotte of Lantana, Texas and Marilyn Ruth Finley of Madison, Tennessee, three grandsons, David Keith Finley and wife, Deborah, Jonathan Kirt Finley, and wife Lynna and Paul Thomas Finley, and wife Michelle, six grand children, Alex and wife Tori, Peyton, Faith, Levi and wife Kati, Pierce and Mallory and one great great-granddaughter, Grace.
Clark and Margaret relocated from Detroit to Mesa, Arizona, in 1995. Later, after Clark’s passing, Margaret moved to Madison, Tennessee, to be close to Marilyn in 2009. As Margaret needed more care, Marilyn moved in with her, part time to be her caregiver.
Margaret was a very talented and dedicated homemaker. She was active in teaching Bible classes and church work. She was a model of hospitality by hosting and feeding visitors to their home and supporting Clark in his 40 years as an elder in the church with pride and honor for her family. To her grandsons, her home was magical place of delicious food, much of which was grown in their huge garden, playing games and making apple cider in the fall. Margaret was loved and admired by her family and many friends. She is preceded in death by her parents and Clark, her husband of 66 years.
Internment is at the Mountain View Memorial Garden in Mesa, Arizona with Clark.
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