Margie Jane (Gilpen) Pittman-Jernigan

Margie Jane (Gilpen) Pittman-Jernigan To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord 2 Cor 5:8. Born October 21, 1941 to Jesse Warden and Ruth Jane Pittman in Charleston, West Virginia. Margie attended DuPont High School. She gave her life to the Lord in 1973. That is when her music career took a big turn. She wrote her own songs and music becoming an accomplished musician releasing 7 albums. She had an award winning radio show in the Tri-State on WXIT called Afternoon's With Margie. New Years of 1979 her song "In The Lamb's Book" was the #1 Gospel song in the Tri-State. She served as a legal advocate for the Sister Help battered women's shelter in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Also, she was a very talented writer, publishing 5 books. Margie loved to help others and to spread the gospel. Preceded in death are her mother and father, brothers Daniel and Carson Pittman, sister, Judy Quentrill, and granddaughter, Sara Cooke. Left to cherish her memory; loving and devoted husband, Roy "Bert" Jernigan, brothers; Larry Pittman of Charleston, Roy (Wanda) Pittman of Charleston, Raymond (Judy) Pittman of Charleston, and David (Peggy) Pittman of Charleston; children; Sandy Debolt of St. Albans, Lorie (Brian) Baldwin of Charleston, Barbara (Jim) Reed of St. Albans, James "JR" (Lisa) Gilpen of Cross Lanes, and Michelle (Brian) Self of Cordova, South Carolina; 13 grandchildren and a host of great-grandchildren; family and friends. A Celebration of Margie’s life will be held Noon Friday January 6, 2017, at Stevens & Grass Funeral Home, Malden, with the Rev. Edward Jarrett officiating. The entombment will follow the service at Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens, Cross Lanes. A visitation with family and friends will be held on Friday from 10:00 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.