“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.” Psalm 121
Margaret Birmingham Moffatt, 90, loving wife and mother, passed away peacefully in the presence of her family in Johnson City, TN, October 5, 2023. She is preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Lawrence S Moffatt (2015), and her brother, Drue Birmingham, Jr (2014). She is survived by her four children, Elizabeth Jayne Moffatt (John Haynes), Columbia, SC, Lawrence S Moffatt, Jr, “Chip” (Trish), Charlotte, NC, Mary Celeste Moffatt, Knoxville, TN, and William Andrew Moffatt, Johnson City, TN; grandson James Andrew Moffatt, Charlotte, NC; niece Debra Cloud (Steve), Memphis, TN; and nephews Brian Stephen Birmingham (Beth), Houston, TX, and Barry Davis Birmingham (Beverly).
The daughter of Drue Birmingham and Ruth Birmingham, Margaret was born in Memphis, TN. She graduated from Olive Branch High School and attended Belhaven College for Young Ladies, Jackson, MS, and the University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS.
Before meeting and marrying her husband, Lawrence, she worked as a medical transcriptionist at Methodist Hospital, Memphis, TN and in Richmond, VA. She was a long-time member of the First Presbyterian Church of Johnson City. She was known for her steadfast Christian faith as well as for her unwavering devotion to the Ole Miss Rebels.
Margaret was an excellent traditional Southern cook and a skilled seamstress. She was a classical pianist and a lover of music. She had special affection for birds, the many family dogs over the years, and the mountains of East Tennessee and North Carolina, where she enjoyed many outings with her family.
Above all, she will be remembered and missed as a devoted homemaker, wife and mother, whose greatest joys came from caring for and being with her family. For that, her family is eternally grateful and celebrates her life.
There will be a Private Committal Service and Interment for family and friends in the Garden of Sermon on the Mount at Monte Vista Memorial Park with Pastor John Seward, Jr. officiating.
Arrangements for Mrs. Margaret Birmingham Moffatt and her family have been made through Monte Vista Funeral Home & Memorial Park, 1900 E. Oakland Avenue, Johnson City, TN; 423-282-2631.
