Margaret Hampton Jewell
Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Hampton Jewell,71, of Snow Camp, NC,
and a former resident of Todd, passed away Monday morning at Duke Home Care and Hospice's Hock
Family Pavilion in Durham. Born September 25, 1940, in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the
late Theodore Augustus "Gus" and Edna Serena Greer Hampton.
Mrs. Jewell was a lifelong learner and talented artist who painted in acrylics and oils. She loved to sew and designed clothing as well as pieces of fabric art. Mrs. Jewell was for some years a realtor in the Boone area and helped to run a number of her husband's restaurants. She was a descendant of the first settlers of the High Country and a member of the Daniel Boone Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution.
She is survived by her children, Donald Miller and wife, Alice Loftin, of Greeneville, TN, and James Michael Miller and wife, Susan, of Harmony, NC, and Serena Jewell of Raleigh, NC; five grandchildren, James Miller and Nathan Miller of Harmony, NC, Madison Welsh, John Patrick Welsh and Cate Welsh of Raleigh, NC; three sisters, Kaye Nolte of Millersville, MD, Evalee Stone of Spartanburg, SC, and Bonnie Steelman and husband, Harold, of Deep Gap; and one brother, Dale Hampton and wife, Marie, of Boone. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Louis Jewell, one brother, Ken Hampton; and one sister Reba Rourke.
Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be the Rev. Homer Murdock. Burial will follow in the Trinity Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday afternoon prior to the service from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058-5216.
Online condolences may be sent to the Jewell family at http://www.austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com . Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Jewell family.
Mrs. Jewell was a lifelong learner and talented artist who painted in acrylics and oils. She loved to sew and designed clothing as well as pieces of fabric art. Mrs. Jewell was for some years a realtor in the Boone area and helped to run a number of her husband's restaurants. She was a descendant of the first settlers of the High Country and a member of the Daniel Boone Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution.
She is survived by her children, Donald Miller and wife, Alice Loftin, of Greeneville, TN, and James Michael Miller and wife, Susan, of Harmony, NC, and Serena Jewell of Raleigh, NC; five grandchildren, James Miller and Nathan Miller of Harmony, NC, Madison Welsh, John Patrick Welsh and Cate Welsh of Raleigh, NC; three sisters, Kaye Nolte of Millersville, MD, Evalee Stone of Spartanburg, SC, and Bonnie Steelman and husband, Harold, of Deep Gap; and one brother, Dale Hampton and wife, Marie, of Boone. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Louis Jewell, one brother, Ken Hampton; and one sister Reba Rourke.
Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be the Rev. Homer Murdock. Burial will follow in the Trinity Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday afternoon prior to the service from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058-5216.
Online condolences may be sent to the Jewell family at http://www.austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com . Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Jewell family.