Margie Chappell Wood

Margie Ellen Chappell Wood, 88, of 721 Body Road, Hertford, NC, died Thursday, April 10, 2014 in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City. Mrs. Wood was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late James Herbert and Sarah Frances Bunch Chappell. A homemaker, she was a member of Woodland United Methodist Church and its United Methodist Women, was active in the Perquimans Quilters, and for many years had decorated wedding and birthday cakes for those in the community. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her high school sweetheart and husband, John Elmer Wood, Jr.; a sister, Geneva Chappell and her husband Louis; two brothers, Edward Chappell and his wife Sybil and Wallace Chappell and his wife Dorrie Mae; and a brother-in-law, McCoy Phthisic. Surviving are two daughters, Faye Meads and husband Talmadge of Elizabeth City and Candice Ellen Eley and husband Sid of Hertford; two sons, John E. Wood, III and wife Lynn and Timothy Allen Wood and wife Donna, all of Richmond, VA; a sister, Beulah Phthisic of Tyner; a brother, Mayward Chappell and wife Rita of Hobbsville; 14 grandchildren, Dawn Gregory and husband Dan, Talmadge Meads, Jr. and wife Darlene, Jennifer Meads, Clint Eley and wife Tracy, Teddy Eley and wife Ally, Catina Byrum and husband Jimmy, Laura Harkins and husband Gragg, John Wood, IV, Jeremy Wood and wife Angela, Leslie Wood, Ashley King and husband Erik, Jamie Partin, Amber Taylor and Marie Brady and husband Jeb; and 17 great-grandchildren, Faith Byrum, Luke Byrum, Raven Harkins, Braxton Eley, Tanlee Eley, Beckett Eley, Braylon Eley, Maitlyn Gregory, Madisyn Gregory, Eli Gregory, Matthew Meads, Mitchel Meads, Jordan Wood, Ashland Wood, Barron King, Coby Sparrow, and Chase Brady. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 p.m. in the Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Chapel, 1125 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, by the Rev. Toni Wood. A private burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery. Friends may join the family in the funeral home immediately following the chapel service, and all other times at the residence. Flowers are welcomed, or memorial contributions in her memory may be made to Woodland United Methodist Church, 453 Woodland Church Road, Hertford, NC 27944. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.millerfhc.com.