Obit: Marjorie Adamson, Longtime Simpsonville Educator

Marjorie Owings Nelson Adamson, born July 14, 1921, sister of 10, mother of 5, and dedicated red hat wearer, passed on to be with the Lord on September 8, 2013. 

I hope He's ready.

Margie was born a 2 3/4 pound premature twin in Fountain Inn, SC. She and her sister, Julia, were incubated in shoe boxes surrounded with fruit jars of hot water. Julia only lived a few hours. To make up for this loss Margie worked twice as hard and did twice as much as anyone else. She believed life had a purpose and people should use their time purposefully. 

Margie accepted Jesus and became a Christian at age 9 during a revival. She admitted to her Grandmother several months later that she didn't feel 'changed,' like she had heard so many people refer to. Her Grandmother told her it was OK, and just to hold Jesus' hand in her own and she wouldn't do wrong. This precept guided her all her life, though by her own admission, "Inadvertently sometimes I didn't hold on tight enough." 

Like many of her generation Margie joined the Navy serving as a WAVE from 1943 to 1945. She graduated from Furman University in 1946, and taught at Slater-Marietta between 1946 and 1949. She met her husband Al on a blind date in 1948, and they married in 1949. Al, a retired Air Force Veteran, died in 1970. 

The family traveled as part of their military reserve commitment until 1963, when they returned to SC, settled in Mauldin, and she began teaching at Hillcrest High and Bryson Middle School, retiring in 1983. She is still (mostly) affectionately known as 'old lady Adamson' to many adults in the upstate who had her as a teacher during these years. Her influence lingers.

Margie is survived by her children Bert (Kay) Adamson, Laura Ninan, Paul Adamson, Bobbie (Carl) Lockwood, and Juanita Moorman, siblings Sarah Holmes, Bill (Carolyn) Nelson and Shirley (Bob) Holland, 8 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.

Margie was a founding member of Brookwood Church. She was a lifetime member of the UDC, taught Red Cross courses, adult education classes, served several years at the Greenville Free Medical Clinic, drove the church van, was Vice-President of the Sunshine Club, and taught Adult Sunday School. 

Margie was a self-professed excellent driver, and had the grudging respect of NASCAR teams across the South. She leaves a trail of happy mechanics and body men.

We will celebrate her life at Brookwood Church in Simpsonville, SC on Friday, September 13, 2013 at 3:00 pm with family visitation following the service. 

The music she chose for her funeral (planned many years ago) includes 'Ain't Misbehavin" and "In The Mood". We're thinking of adding "My Way" and the old blues standard "In My Time Of Dying".

"Jesus, gonna make up my dyin' bed.

Meet me, Jesus, meet me. Meet me in the middle of the air

If my wings should fail me, Lord. Please meet me with another pair"

We think she'd understand, and hopefully approve.

In the end the question to Margie wasn't 'What does this world mean to me", but rather "What did I mean to this world?" Margie was given 92 years on this planet and used them all. 

The rest of us should do so well.

Cannon Funeral Home