Margaret W. Whetstone

Margaret Wall Whetstone (Nana), age 88, died Friday, June 28, 2019 in Jacksonville, FL. Margaret was born July 30, 1930 to the late William Lamar and Lula Fralic Wall in Elmore County, Wetumpka, AL. She resided in Pensacola, FL for nearly 60 years before relocating to Jacksonville, FL for the past 15 years. Margaret retired from Civil Service at Naval Air Station Pensacola. She served faithfully for many years at Myrtle Grove Baptist Church in Pensacola before joining Hibernia Baptist Church in Fleming Island, FL. She is survived by her three children: daughter Linda Pritchard and husband Alden of Raleigh, NC, daughter Nancy Gentry and husband Keith of Jacksonville, FL, and son David Whetstone and wife Dani of Fleming Island, FL. She was blessed with five grandchildren: Drew Gentry and wife Stefanie, Landon Gentry and wife Megan, Meg Pritchard, Matt Whetstone, and Allison Whetstone. Margaret’s legacy continues with her five great-grandchildren, Tatum, Stella, Leighton, Carter and Aubrey as well as many nieces and nephews.

Margaret was predeceased by her devoted husband of 58 years, Amos G. Whetstone, her two brothers, Woodrow Wall of San Diego, CA and Thomas Wall of Pensacola, FL as well as her two sisters, Laura Wall Summers of Tifton, GA and most recently her twin sister Marjorie Wall Teague of Snow Camp, NC.

Visitation will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 5, 2019, at Oak Lawn Funeral Home, 619 New Warrington Road, Pensacola, FL 32506. A graveside service will follow at 2 p.m. at Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, FL. Memorials may be made to the Community Hospice of NE Florida, 4266 Sunbeam Road, Jacksonville, FL, 32257.