Mary Margaret Margaret Jones Jones Harper

Mary Margaret Jones Harper was born on January 3, 1921, a day so windy that the snow sifted in through cracks in the wall of the house where she was born on Styers Ferry Rd. between Lewisville and Clemmons. She was the ninth of twelve children born to Anna Willis Smith Jones and William Henry Monroe Jones, and she lived almost all of her life less than half a mile from the house where she was born. She died on the morning of January 10, as the snow fell peacefully, just 7 days after her 90th birthday. Margaret attended elementary and high school at Lewisville School and graduated in the class of 1939. She loved to read and enjoyed being referred to as "the reader" at Clemmons Village II until her health declined during the last year. She loved her family and with much pride shared the activities and accomplishments of their lives with all who visited with her. She married Andrew Blaine Harper Jr. on April 20, 1946 and celebrated 56 years of marriage with him. They raised two children, cared for five grandchildren and had five great grandchildren to love. Margaret cared for A. B. during the years when he suffered from Alzheimer's and held memories of their life together, their travels, their close church family, the close community of brothers and sisters and the love that encircled those family and friends. Margaret was an active member of Concord United Methodist Church from early childhood, and remembers walking the mile from her childhood home to church without her shoes so that she could keep her shoes clean. Even when she could no longer attend services and events, she kept in touch with church members and enjoyed visits from them. Margaret taught Sunday School, was active in Women's Society and shared her wonderful cooking talent with the church community. Margaret and her sister Lucile spent many winter days making the quilts that reflect family stories and keep their families warm. Margaret worked at Hanes Knitting Company for 28 years, and always counted coworkers as her good friends. She loved growing flowers, including the beautiful peonies she transplanted from her mother's collection and the Queen Elizabeth roses that bloomed into early winter. Most of all, she loved cooking wonderful holiday meals for her family, and her oyster dressing and persimmon pudding cannot be replicated. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and seven of her siblings: John Paul Jones, Henry Monroe Jones, Gladys Jones Sink, Griffith Lanier Jones, Alvis Albert Jones, Susan Jones Hughes, Virgil Smith Jones and by a granddaughter, Elizabeth Anna Windsor. She is survived by her daughter, Kay Elizabeth Harper Windsor and husband, Michael; her son, Kenneth Jones Harper and wife, Cathy; her grandchildren, Matthew Howard Windsor and wife, Beth, Aaron Andrew Windsor and Phoebe, Julie Elizabeth Harper Watson and husband, Tommy and Christopher Smith Harper; by her great-grandchildren: Anna Elizabeth Windsor, Sara Louise Windsor, Maria Catherine Windsor, Leah Clare Windsor and Patricia Elizabeth Windsor; by four siblings, Lucile Jones Hill, William Raleigh Jones and wife, Dot, Grace Jones Jones, and Phillip Ray Jones and wife, Wilma; a sister-in-law, Helen Harper Isaacs, sister-in-law, Mamie Phelps Jones, and more than three dozen dear nieces and nephews in the Jones and Harper families. Visitation was held from 6-8 p.m. Friday, January 14 at Frank Vogler and Sons Clemmons Chapel, 2849 Middlebrook Dr., Clemmons. The Rev. Tom Albert will hold the Funeral Service at Concord United Methodist Church in Lewisville at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 15. Burial will follow in the Church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Concord United Methodist Church, 8955 Concord Church Road, Lewisville, NC 27023 or to Hospice and Palliative Care Center, 101 Hospice Lane, Winston-Salem, NC 27103 (at http://www.hospicecare center.org/donate.aspx). Thanks to the staff at Hospice and Palliative Care of Winston-Salem, especially Deborah Kelly, Sandra Miller, Craig Walker and Madonna Clifton who cared for and comforted her for the past eight months, to Dr. Peter Cullen who offered care and caring for 33 years, to all caregivers and staff at Clemmons Village II who cared for Margaret with love and compassion for the last two and a half years. Online condolences to frankvoglerandsons.com.