On February 12, 2003, MARION LEE GIDDINGS SATCHELL entered into a peaceful rest. She was preceded in death by her mother, Lillie Anna Wise and her father, Edward W. Giddings.
She was reared in Northampton County where she attended the public schools and was graduated from Northampton County High School in 1950.
She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She was baptized as a Witness July 22, 1976 and has faithfully been a Jehovah’s Witness since that day. She pioneered and spread Jehovah’s word over the last twenty-five years. Her house and heart was open to all.
She is survived by: her husband of over fifty years, Bennie Satchell; six sons, Wallace, Jefferson, Charles, Chester, Conway and Algalehia; three daughters, Marion, Sandra, and Sharon; six daughters-in-law, Elaine, Adell, Terry, Sarah, Dorinda, and Pauline; one son-in-law, John; twenty-six grandchildren; one great grandchild; numerous cousins and other relatives; one special friend like a son, John Ferebee and daughter-in-law, Wanda and a host of numerous other adopted children.
B i d M e G o o d M o r n i n g
Life! We’ve been long together
Through pleasant and through cloudy weather;
“Tis hard to part when friends are dear –
Perhaps ‘twill cost a sigh, a tear;
Then steal away, give little warning,
Choose thine own time;
Say not good night –but in some brighter clime
Bid me good morning.
--Anna Letitia
Of
Marion G. Satchell
August 19, 1932 February 12, 2003
Friday, February 14, 2003
5:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.
Memorial Service
Saturday, February 15, 2003
3:30 P.M.
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Exmore, Virginia
Saturday, February 15, 2003
Bethel A.M.E. Church Cemetery
Eastville, Virginia
The Staff Of:
John O. Morris Funeral Home
Nassawadox, Virginia 23413
The family would like to thank everyone for all of the kind, and thoughtful acts of love, prayer, and sympathy. We deeply appreciate your kindness and caring in our time of sorrow.