Margaret Jo McAfee

Margaret Jo McAfee passed away on March 27, 2019 at Heritage Hall Nursing home in Wise, VA at the age of 85. Her three children were at her bedside as she passed peacefully from this mortal life to a place of rest. “Margaret Jo” was born in the Hurricane Section of Wise, VA on August 9, 1933. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Marian Gilliam and Margaret Jane Jesse Dale. She worked as a real estate agent/broker for more than 20 years and was the owner of the Wise Real Estate Agency. After leaving the real estate business, she became an advocate for the elderly with MEOC, where she was employed for 12 years. In her later years, she lived at the Norton Housing Authority Apartments, where she also served on the Advisory Board of Directors. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Charles Dale, Elmo Dale and Cecil Dale, and two sisters, Selma Ellen Dale Adkins and Bevie Irene Dale Sturgill. She is survived by one son, Timothy W. McAfee and his wife Kristen Needham McAfee, of Big Stone Gap, VA. Two Daughters, Jane Ellen Sandt and her husband Gordon Sandt, of Norton, VA, and Nancy Elizabeth McInerney and her husband Timothy McInerney of New York,her grandchildren; C. Dylan McAfee and his wife Bliss McAfee, T. Justin McAfee and his wife Anna McAfee, Israel W. McAfee and his wife Brandy McAfee, Brittany McAfee, Madisson Brooke McAfee Adkins and her husband Josh Adkins, Taylor Alexis McAfee, Sofie Lucia McAfee, Margaret Emily Diaz-Llaneza and her husband Jose Antonio Diaz-Llaneza, Carly Elizabeth Mullins and her partner Zachary Edwards, Seth Pennington, Kieran Chase McInerney, Finn Howard McInerney, Sydney Needham, Luke Needham, Colby Sandt and Dorie Sandt Moore. Her great grandchildren: Oakleigh McAfee, Rosaleigh McAfee, Avery McAfee, Brooklynn McAfee, Sullivan McAfee, Jayce McAfee, Owen McAfee, Ella Lou Adkins, , William Everett Diaz-Llaneza, Annabelle Bleu Diaz-Llaneza, Harlan James Edwards, Carter Stidham and Cara Stidham. A Celebration of Life service will be held on May 25, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, located on Middle School Road, Big Stone Gap, VA. Family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Services will follow with Bishop Kevin Allred presiding. At the request of our Mom/Gran, please consider donating money to the MEOC in her honor, in lieu of flowers. You may go online to view the obituary, sign the guest registry, or leave the family a condolence at www.holdingfuneralhome.com Holding Funeral Home is honored to serve the McAfee family.

Margaret Jo McAfee

August 9, 1933 - March 27, 2019

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