Margaret Lillian Hudson Williard Pipkin, 93, of Greensboro, NC, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 31, 2021. She was born on October 17, 1927 in Greensboro, NC to the late Adlai Cleveland Hudson and Margaret Lillian Mangum Hudson.
A devoted educator, Margaret received her undergraduate degree from Women’s College (UNCG), and her MA in Spanish from Belhaven University (MS). Margaret was a much-loved teacher of Spanish at Murrah High School in Jackson, Mississippi. After the death of her first husband, Robert F. Williard, she moved to Greensboro, North Carolina, and married John M. Pipkin. In the community at Friends Homes Guilford she was known for her weaving, her poetry, her practice of Tai Chi, and her delight in concerts at Guilford College. Margaret loved to visit the Florida Gulf at Okaloosa Island and traveled to Mexico, Spain, and South America. Much of her poetry was in Spanish and she rejoiced in other cultures. In Jackson, she belonged to Covenant Presbyterian Church and in Greensboro, she attended New Garden Friends Meeting.
Margaret is preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; her brother, Sterling Hudson, and many more family and friends that she loved in her long life.
Margaret is survived by her daughter, Nancy Hudson Williard; son, Robert “Rusty” Russell Williard; grandson, Robert O. Musick and his wife, Kyra; her step-grandson, Todd Broadus and his wife Sarah and their family; her nephew, Sterling Hudson, Jr., and her niece, Louise Hudson. Her stepdaughters, Susan Varner and Roseanne Gudzan also mourn her passing.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Margaret’s name to PBS of North Carolina or a charity of choice.
A private service will be held at Oakwood Memorial Park on February 10, 2021. A celebration of life is yet to be scheduled.
Online condolences for the Pipkin family may be made at www.sechrestfunerals.com.
