Margaret Mema Elizabeth Mahaffey, 83, widow of Louis W. Mahaffey, Sr., died Thursday, June 12, 2008 at McCall Hospice House. Born October 24, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Bytha League Jones and was an active member of Poe Baptist Church. Surviving are two sons and their spouses, Louis Wanda Mahaffey and Roger Debbie Mahaffey of Greenville; one daughter and spouse, Denise Ed Woods of Oxford, NC; two brothers and their spouses, Richard Phyllis Jones of Belton and Frederick Shirley Jones of Newton, NC; and a sister-in-law, Audrey Jones of Greenville. Also surviving are eleven grandchildren, Lynn Al Taylor, Hope Chopper Robertson, Lori Brad Garrison, Bo Kristie Mahaffey, Tripp Mahaffey, Mandy Richard Heisey, Melissa and Matthew Mahaffey, and Angelica, Brandon, and Richard Jackson; nine great grandchildren, Kirstie Roger Goolsby, Beklyn and TJ Garrison, Dylan, Jasmine and Leeann Robertson, Justin and Cali Heisey and Kerrigan Mahaffey; one great great grandson, Sidney Goolsby. She was predeceased by a brother, Billy Jones; and one great granddaughter, Lalena Taylor. Visitation will be Saturday, June 14, 2008 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Northwest. The funeral service will be Sunday, June 15, 2008 at 3:00 pm at the funeral home. Burial will be at Woodlawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to McCall Hospice House, 1836 W. Georgia Road, Simpsonville, SC 29680. The family wishes to thank Dr. Jeffrey Edenfield and the nurses, PCT's and staff of the 5-D oncology Unit of Greenville Memorial Hospital for the most wonderful, loving and tender care anyone could have received. She grew to love you all!
The family will be at the home at 204 Summergrass Drive, Greenville, SC.
