CARLTON – Margaret Martin Burroughs, 87, died Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at St. Mary’s Hospice House in Athens.
Mrs. Burroughs was born in Comer, the daughter of the late Wilburn Pinkney and Ruth Lord Martin. She was the widow of James Freeman Burroughs. Mrs. Burroughs was a retired high school English teacher, having taught students in Morgan, Elbert, and Madison Counties.
Survivors include children, Margaret Ann Burroughs, Carlton, Steven Freeman and his wife, Kelly, Conway, Ark., and Janet Allene Burroughs, Comer; two grandchildren, James Steven Burroughs and his wife, Jennifer Elizabeth, and Lauren Burroughs Castleberry and her husband, Daniel Tyler, all of Greenbrier, Ark.; and one great-grandchild.
A service to celebrate Mrs. Burroughs’ life will be held Saturday, April 4, at 11 a.m. at Carlton Baptist Church. A time of visitation will be Friday, April 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hicks Funeral Home, Elberton. Interment will be in Carlton City Cemetery.
Flowers will be graciously accepted, and memorials may be made to The Margaret Burroughs Award for Literary Excellence, Attn.: Shannon Felt, at Madison County High School, 600 Madison St., Danielsville, GA 30633, or to the charity of one’s choice.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.hicksfuneral.com.
The family will receive friends at the home in Carlton.
Hicks Funeral Home, Elberton, is in charge of arrangements.