Margaret Etheridge Horne

Margaret Etheridge Horne, age 84, passed away on Sunday, October 21, 2018. Born in Wilson, NC on June 5, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Harry Etheridge and Virginia Hill Thackston Etheridge. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert “Bob” C. Horne, Sr.; uncle, “Brother” Charlie Thackston.

A devoted wife, a loving mother, grandmother, and friend, Margaret will be dearly missed and will never be forgotten. Margaret was a faithful member of Englewood United Methodist Church since 1966. She passed the love of reading, gardening, and arts and crafts to her children.

Margaret leaves behind to cherish her memory, sons, Robert “Bob” C. Horne, Jr. and wife, Denise, of Nashville, and Charles Alan Horne and wife, Kim, of Smithfield; and daughters, Virginia “Ginny” Horne Maurer and husband, Ed, of Clarksville, TN, and Margaret Kathryn Horne Yarbrough and husband, Leonard, of Thomasville. She is also survived by grandchildren, Lena Wallace and husband, Josh, Alyssa Horne, Benjamin Horne, Patrick Horne, Charlie Horne, and Joseph Yarbrough.

A Home Going Celebration will be held on Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 3:00 PM at Englewood United Methodist Church, 300 S. Circle Drive, Rocky Mount, NC 27804 with Pastor Terry Williams officiating. Burial will follow the service at Rocky Mount Memorial Park. A visitation will be from 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM prior to the service in the Church Sanctuary.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made in Margaret’s name to Englewood United Methodist Church, 300 S. Circle Drive, Rocky Mount, NC 27804. The memorial will be equally distributed between the Peanuts for Soldiers Ministry and the Prayer Blanket Ministry.