Mrs. Margaret Estelle Moorhead, age 85 of LaFayette, Georgia formerly of Athens, Georgia, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2011 at the Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Moorhead was born in Oconee County, Georgia on April 3, 1926, daughter of the late Doctor Grady Thomas and Pallie Estelle Doster Thomas. She was a member of the Bethabara Baptist Church in Statham, Georgia where she was active in many activities during her working years and in the years following her retirement as a Dietician at the Atlanta Metro Hospital. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Moorhead was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Warren Moorhead on November 4, 1996; and her brothers, Lanoise Thomas, LaGrant Thomas, Perry Thomas and Lamar Thomas.
Mrs. Moorhead is survived by a son, Dr. Warren Moorhead, LaFayette; daughters, Carole Walker, Martinsburg, WV, and Mary Ellen Collins, LaFayette; brothers, Gene Thomas, Bogart, Jack Thomas, Statham, GA, and Bill Thomas, Athens, GA; grandchildren, Tim Moorhead, Knoxville, TN and Erin Marie Collins, Boston; great grandchildren, Georgia Anne Moorhead, Claire Roselle Moorhead, and Noelle Alexandra Moorhead; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Moorhead will be conducted Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. in the Bethabara Baptist Church in Statham, Georgia with Rev. Rob Bray and Rev. Frank Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in the Bethabara Church Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Roddy Thomas, Donnie Thomas, Jimmy Thomas, Jerry Thomas, Colin Wood, Ricky Thomas, David Thomas, Randy Brock, Barry Mobley and Jerry Wood.
Mrs. Moorhead will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Saturday evening from 6:30 until 7:30 P.M. On Sunday, Mrs. Moorhead will be carried to the Bethabara Baptist Church in Statham, GA to lie in state from 1:00 P.M. until the funeral hour.
In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully asks that memorial contributions be made to the Bethabara Baptist Church General or Cemetery Funds, 4651 Monroe Highway, Statham, GA 30666.
Mason Funeral Home caring for the family of Mrs. Margaret Estelle Moorhead