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Margaret Elmira Doyle
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Margaret Elmira Doyle
- Born: 8 Jan 1922, Smyth Co., VA 2
- Marriage (1): Capt. Creed Cox Thomas on 4 Aug 1946 in Nueces Co., TX 1
- Died: 13 Sep 2020, Norfolk (City), VA at age 98 2
 Noted events in her life were:
• Obituary. 2 There is only one happiness in this life, to love and to be loved. Margaret embodied this type of happiness. She loved fully and was fully loved. Margaret Doyle Thomas, 98, passed away quietly on the morning of September 13, 2020 in her beloved home.
She was born in Seven Mile Ford, Va. to the late James and Carrie Doyle. Margaret was a devoted military wife, married to Naval aviator Creed C Thomas, U.S.N. retired. Together they raised 3 children. She was an active member of her church, St. John United Methodist Church, loved walking in the gardens and watching birds. Margaret is survived by two of her children and their spouses, Stephen and Rustie Thomas, and Debra and Stanley Wilson; 5 grandchildren and their spouses; 12 great grandchildren; 2 great great granddaughters; her sister, Mary Stinson; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Captain Creed Cox Thomas, their daughter, Linda, and 3 of Margaret's siblings.
Margaret was an incredible woman and will be missed by all those whose lives she touched.
A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 18th in the Laskin Road Chapel of H. D. Oliver Funeral Apts. Online condolences may be sent to the family through www.hdoliver.com.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to St Jude Children's Research Hospital (www.stjude.org).
Margaret married Capt. Creed Cox Thomas, son of Stephen Glenn Thomas and Kate Elizabeth Cox, on 4 Aug 1946 in Nueces Co., TX.1 (Capt. Creed Cox Thomas was born on 23 Jan 1922 in Grayson Co, VA 3 4 and died on 1 Feb 2004 in Roanoke Co, VA.)
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State of Texas, "Texas Marriages, 1837-1965," database, FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org). Surety: 3.
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Ancestry.com, U.S. Find A Grave Index, 1600's - Current (ancertry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT., USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Surety: 3.
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Virginia Department of Health, "In the Virgiia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912 - 2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721 - 1920" (Richamond, Virginia, Ancestry.com (database on-line), Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operatons, Inc.), Surety: 3.
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World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942, microfilm publication Records of the Selective Service System (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, ancestry.com (database on-line), Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). Surety: 3.