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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Margaret Martin
Bannister
Sep 29, 1926 — Feb 27, 2022
Thomasville
Obituary
Jesus nodded to Margaret Martin Bannister on February 27, 2022, and with His beck and call she went to her eternal home. She left her 95 year stay on earth having loved many and knowing she was loved by everyone who knew her.
Her parents were the late Walter S. Martin and Mary Magdalene Russ Martin.
She was preceded in death by her husband Cleburn "Ray" Bannister, Sr.; a grandson Harley Hall, III; a great-granddaughter Anne Grace Bannister; all her siblings; and four nephews.
She is survived by her children: Cle Bannister of Coolidge, GA and Teresa B. Hall (Rusty) of Hahira, GA. She loved her grandchildren: Cleburn Bannister, III (Katherine) of Thomasville and Charley Kay Hall of Hahira. She was so proud of her great-grandchildren: Cleburn Ray Bannister, IV "Beau" and Sadie Anne Bannister of Thomasville.
She loved all her nieces and nephews.
In her younger days Margaret was a cheerleader at Moultrie High. She also loved to roller skate, and was good at it!
At almost 80, she took her last round at the rink with the youth group from her beloved church." (She did hold the handrail most of the way!)
However, her real love was dancing. She would smile while boasting the stories of dancing with the WWII soldiers at Spence Field in Moultrie when they would come home on leave.
Margaret was a city girl who fell in love with a country boy. She traded the town lights for the bright stars of a farm night in 1950. The summers were filled with picking and putting up vegetables. She and Ray shared the fruits of this labor with many in the Coolidge community.
This farm lady would back the truck up to the barn as the very young Cle and Teresa pushed bales of hay from the loft onto the truck bed to feed the cows. She was a true country girl at heart!
Margaret was her children's biggest fan as she attended their sports activities.
She worked in the nursery at Coolidge Baptist Church for many years - where she was a faithful member for over 60 decades! She has been its oldest member for several years.
Margaret spoke with wisdom and humor, and her children consider themselves blessed to have had her as a mama.
She took losses hard, but continued her faith in God as she put one foot in front of the other.
She leaves a legacy of faith… hope… and love!
Visitation - Whiddon Shiver Funeral Home - 10451 Hwy 84 E. Thomasville, GA - Tuesday, March 1, 2022 from 6:30pm - 8:00 pm.
Celebration of Life - Wednesday, March 2nd at 3:00 pm - Coolidge Baptist Church - 2068 E. Verbana Ave., Coolidge, GA 31738
Burial - Big Ochlocknee Baptist Church Cemetery - 1757 Bee Line Rd., Coolidge, GA 31738
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