Margie Mabry

Margie Brown Mabry

August 13, 1924 - October 29, 2024

 Margie Brown Mabry, 100, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, in Bossier City, Louisiana. Visitation will be held at 9 a.m. on Thursday, November 7, 2024, followed by a funeral service at 10:00 a.m. at St. Jude Catholic Church, 4700 Palmetto Rd., Benton, Louisiana. The internment will take place at a later date at Beaufort National Cemetery in Beaufort, South Carolina.

 Margie was born on August 13, 1924, in Charleston, SC to Ruth Cantley and Jacob Bair. She lived most of her life in Charleston, SC. She was orphaned at the young age of 6 and was raised in the Charleston Orphan House. In 1942, she graduated from Memminger High School. She worked as a telephone operator for Southern Bell during WWII and in 1954, she married her life-long partner, Tom Mabry. “Brownie”, as he affectionately called her, took pride in her children and worked to give them the life she wished for as a child. She worked tirelessly to keep things clean and tidy. Margie was renowned for her hospitality. She loved her coffee and sweets but most of all loved people. 

 Margie was a proud American and was an elections poll worker until age 90. In 2015, she was interviewed about her life in the Charleston Orphan House:

 https://digital/library.sc.edu/exhibits/scoralhistory/411-2

 She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Thomas James Mabry, her brother, John Wilmot Brown, and her sister, Louise Brown Dunlap. Left to cherish her memory is her daughter, Lynn Mabry Goodhart and her husband, John, of Benton, LA, her son, Robert Clark Mabry and his wife, Melissa, of Johns Island, SC, her three grandchildren, Heather Goodhart, Evan Mabry, and Hannah Mabry; and special cousin, Hope Mixson. She will also be lovingly remembered by her extended family and friends.

 The family would like to express their sincere gratitude to the staff, caregivers, nurses and aides at Old Brownlee Community Care Center for the care they gave to Margie for the past eighteen months. Special thanks to the members of Bristol Hospice for their care and compassion during her last weeks.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that a donation be made