Maggie McKellar

September 12, 1929 - May 26, 2010

Maggie McKellar of Rocky Mount, NC, slipped quietly away on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at Nash Grove Manor Nursing Facility of heart failure. She was born in Hilliardston, NC, on September 12, 1929 to the late Lucille Battle, and was a lifelong North Carolina area resident. Maggie was educated in the Nash County School System. Maggie was joined in Holy Matrimony to the late Harvey McKellar in the year of 1947. She was a loving wife, daughter, sister, and auntie, and she enjoyed spending time with her family. She was a member of the Social Union Baptist Church and was employed at Red Oak Elementary School for many years until she retired in 1996. Maggie was a kind and giving person who did whatever she could to be of assistance to her family & friends. She enjoyed going to yard sales, and sitting on her front porch and feeding the neighborhood cats. She touched the lives of many and was loved by all. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey McKellar and her mother, Lucille Battle. Maggie is survived by: her two sisters, Dorothy Rich of Hyattsville, MD and Janice Perry (Robert) of Laurel, MD; two nieces, Tajuania Clark (Ronaldy) and Precious Holmes (Bradford) of Hyattsville, MD; two nephews, Bryan Battle of Hyattsville, MD, and Michael NIcholas; two aunts, Olivia Foster of Rocky Mount, NC and Mary Battle of Washington, DC; one uncle, Willie Battle of Castalia, NC; a host of great nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives.