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Margaret Lake Boggs, 102, formerly of Sutton, W.Va., died Tuesday, Oct.
21, 2003, at Memorial Hospital of Union County. She had been living since 1995 with her daughter and son-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Holcomb of Richwood. In December 2001 she moved to The Gables at Green Pastures. She was a graduate of Virginia College in Roanoke, Va., and attended West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.Va. She was a member of Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church is Gassaway, W.Va., an honorary member of the Sutton Woman's Club, a past member of Judy's Garden Club and a member of the Presbyterian Women's Fellowship. Prior to her marriage, she taught domestic science in the high schools in Gassaway and Davis, W.Va. She was a forward-looking business woman in an era when few women were accepted in managerial positions. Her long association with C.M. Singleton and Company is well known and under her guidance and management, the small business of the late 1920s expanded into one of Sutton's most modern and thriving businesses. The store later held a franchise with the Ben Franklin Company. She became a partner in the business in 1959 and continued in its management until her retirement in 1964. She was born June 25, 1901, in Republican City, Neb., to the late Otis Kennedy and Nellie Brandt Lake of Lake Charles, La., and was predeceased by two sons, Thornton Lake Boggs and Ralph Colbert Boggs Jr.; a granddaughter, Margaret Boggs Hoover; three brothers; and her husband, Ralph Colbert Boggs Sr. whom she married June 10, 1925. She is survived by her daughter, Barbara (Charles W.) Holcomb; seven grandchildren, Martha Campa of Cortland, William G. Boggs of Sutton, Dr. James W. (Judy) Holcomb of Flowery Branch, Ga., Ann Holcomb of New York, N.Y., Timothy B. Holcomb of Noblesville, Ind., and Sally (Joseph) Wiley and Mary (Michael) Price of Richwood; 10 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and two nephews, Kenneth B. Lake Jr. of Lake Charles, La., and Dr. Francis T. Lake of Gainesville, Ga. A memorial service will be held at a later date at Davis Memorial Church in Gassaway. The Ballinger Funeral home in Richwood is in charge of local arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to the church at 206 Birch St., Gassaway, WV 26624, or Richwood First United Methodist Church, 18 S. Fulton St., Richwood, OH 43344. This is archival information that was taken from (perhaps old) paper documents. There may be mistakes/omissions that we have missed. If you would like to help us maintain accurate information, please email corrections/additions for this obituary to info@stofcheck-ballinger.com. Florist Login
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