Margaret Finley
Passed Away on July 23, 2020
Margaret Finley, 103, resident of Windlands East Retirement Community, Madison, TN, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2020. Margaret was born May 25, 1917 to Harding Hume and Betty Milton Sullivan Holloway in Kenton, Kentucky. The family later moved to Detroit, Michigan where Clark and Margaret met at a church fellowship and were married on September 8, 1939. Margaret is survived by 2 children, Thomas Gray Finley and wife, Charlotte of Lantana, Texas and Marilyn Ruth Finley of Madison Tennessee, three grandsons, David Keith Finley and wife, Deborah, Jonathan Kirt Finley, and wife Lynna and Paul Thomas Finley, and wife Michelle, six grand children, Alex and wife Tori, Peyton, Faith, Levi and wife Kati, Pierce and Mallory and one great great-granddaughter, Grace.
Clark and Margaret relocated from Detroit to Mesa, Arizona in 1995. Later, after Clark’s passing, Margaret moved to Madison, TN to be close to Marilyn in 2009. As Margaret needed more care, Marilyn moved in with her, part time to be her caregiver.
Margaret was a very talented and dedicated homemaker. She was active in teaching Bible classes and church work. She was a model of hospitality by hosting and feeding visitors to their home and supporting Clark in his 40 years as an elder in the church with pride and honor for her family. To her grandsons, her home was magical place of delicious food, much of which was grown in their huge garden, playing games and making apple cider in the fall. Margaret was loved and admired by her family and many friends. She is preceded in death by her parents and Clark, her husband of 66 years. Internment is at the Mountain View Memorial Garden in Mesa, Arizona with Clark.
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Prayers to the family in their loss of such a great, kind and compassionate lady! Wow! 103! I knew Mr & Mrs Findley at Plymouth Church of Christ. I am Bill and Edith Econom’s grand-daughter and fondly remember the Findleys❣️ May God Bless you all!
She was an example of a Christian women and demonstrated it to me and other girls in my girls’ teenage class at Plymouth. I even got the privilege to visit her and Brother Finley in Mesa, AZ when I had a business trip there in the early 90’s. My prayers to Marilyn, Tom and his family.
PS This is Beverly..Mildred Davis oldest daughter
We always called her “Sister Finley” & she was one of my first Sunday School teachers at Plymouth Church of Christ (many, many years ago, in the 60’s). My father, Lexie Everett, & Clark Finley served as elders there for many years. Sister Finley was sweet, gracious, & I will always remember her with great fondness. She has finished the race well & God is glorified through her example to others on her very-well, long-lived life on this earth. Condolences to her children & all of her family. May the memories of her live long in their hearts and lives.