Mrs. Margaret Franklin Neeley

A funeral service for Margaret Franklin Neeley, 79, will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, January 9, 2016, at Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel, Irmo, with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Margaret passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 after her battle with cancer.

She was born in Batesburg, SC. to her parents, the late Wade Frederick Franklin and Zonie L. Franklin. A devoted mother, grandmother, sister and friend, Margaret was known for her loving and kind spirit. She graduated from Columbia High School and worked for the telephone company. She was a member of Park Street Baptist Church, where she married her late husband, Thomas “Tommy” Neeley, Sr. Margaret’s career was a homemaker where she cared for her three children, her mother, her grandchildren and several other neighborhood children over her lifetime. She became everyone’s second mom that knew her. Surviving are her son, Thomas F. Neeley, Jr. (Jacquie); daughter, Melinda J. Neeley; son, Bryan F. Neeley; grandchildren, T. Hunter Neeley, Savanna N. Neeley, C. Tanner Poore, Kara N. Poore; and two honorary grandchildren, D. Braden Belding and Katie Belding Christiansen (children of Dave and Carol Belding); sisters, Mary F. Holton (William) and Elizabeth F. Blume; sisters-in- law, Jo Ann Neeley West (William) and Betty M. Franklin; along with 43 special nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by three brothers, Wade F. Franklin, Jr., James E. Franklin and Arthur L. (Buck) Franklin.

The family would like to express a special thank you to the staff of Agape Hospice House, 141 Stoneridge Drive, for the excellent care of their mother.