Mrs. Annie Margaret Scoggins Cupp, age 102, of Hogansville, passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at her home.
Margaret was born March 29, 1916, in LaGrange, daughter of the late Ernest B. Scoggins and Flora Lee Pattillo Scoggins and granddaughter of the late John and Annie Stone Pattillo of Pattillo Road in LaGrange. Her grandfather was a Sunday School teacher and co-founder of Callaway Baptist Church and her grandmother played organ and piano for the church. Margaret accepted Christ at a very early age and was a member of Union Baptist Church in St. Marks Community.
Mrs. Cupp was a lifelong resident of Troup County and retired from West Point Pepperell. Widowed at an early age, she raised her children with the help of her parents and then in later years, she cared for her parents until they passed away. She also cared for her sister, Gladys and niece, Iris. While she enjoyed flowers, gardening and fishing, the most important part of her life was being with and caring for her family. She especially loved babies, little children, kitty cats and dogs, and shared her life for 20 years with her faithful companion, ,Kitty Cat Gracie Margaret and also looked forward to visiting with her son's dog Chee-Chee.
Margaret's home was filled with flowers, home-cooked meals, laughter, and joy when everyone would gather around her harvest table to share love, stories and memories. She was a great lady and was looking forward to working for the Lord in her heavenly home with her new body free from pain and suffering. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
Survivors include her son and daughter in-law. Mack and Carol Kitchens; daughter and son in-law, Charlene and Sherrell Bartlett; sister, Gladys and Bob Myers; special niece, Iris Scoggins Stinson; grandchildren, Kim and Harvey Wilson, Mark and LeeAnn Kitchens, Kevin Kitchens, Micki and Mike McCullough, Melissa Bartlett, Mandy Bartlett, Marina and Chris Cadenelli; 13 great-grandchildren; 9 great-great-grandchildren; 12 nieces and nephews, including special nephews, David Myers, Doug and Cheri Myers, Dwight and Kathy Myers, Gene Scoggins; and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Mack M. Kitchens and Henry A. Cupp; brothers, Ralph V. Scoggins, James T. (Bill) Scoggins, and Harvey Scoggins. Margaret was blessed by her second marriage to Henry Cupp and by his children Gene, Jimmy, Jerry, Fay, and Glenda.
The funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 p.m., Friday, May 4, in the Chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville. The Reverend Harvey Wilson will officiate and interment will be in Hillview East Cemetery in LaGrange.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Friday.
Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.