Margaret Smith Thigpen was born in Roanoke, Virginia on March 27, 1947. She passed away from cancer on September 9, 2019.

When Margaret was eight years old, her family moved to Lynchburg, Virginia where Margaret attended Brookville Elementary School. Margaret loved to read and enjoyed teaching her brother and the other younger kids in the neighborhood. At age twelve, she entered Brookville High School. She played flute in the Marching Band and graduated in 1965. Margaret then attended Madison College in Harrisonburg and received her Teaching Degree in 1970.

After graduation Margaret went to work at MCV, where she delivered flowers and messages;and lived in an apartment across from the John Marshall Hotel. She would walk to work. One evening Margaret was struck by a car in a cross walk. She began to have seizures and went on disability from MCV.

Margaret moved to Waynesboro and lived at Cardinal House for several years. She then was one of the first residents at Cedar House, a supervised independent living facility. There she worked in the Waynesboro Library and at Summit Square Assisted living.

After she turned sixty, she began having seizures and moved from Cardinal House to the state hospital in Staunton. At the age of sixty-five, Margaret was transferred to Catawba, and then to Hiram Davis Medical Center in Petersburg six years ago.

Margaret is survived by her brother, Latham; her sister in law, Margot; her nephews, Brian and Colin Thigpen; and her cousins, Suzanne and Betty Belmore.

Memorial Service for Margaret S. Thigpen will be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 2:00p.m. at the chapel of J. L. Dodson and Sons Funeral Establishment. Chaplin Tyrone Harper Officiating.

Interment will follow at the Forest Lawn Cemetery Richmond, Virginia.

Professional funeral services have been entrusted to the staff of the J.L. Dodson and Sons Funeral Establishment, 25824 Greensville Avenue, Petersburg, Virginia 23803, Rev. Jeffrey L. Dodson, Sr., Funeral Director, (804) 732-5959. Online condolences may be registered at www.jldodsonandsons.com