Submitted by: John C. Monk
Margaret
Jean Weaver
March 14, 1941 - May 21, 2010
SOUTH BEND - Margaret Jean Weaver, 69, had resided in the
Ironwood Health Rehabilitation Center. Homegoing was the 21st day
of May 2010 at Memorial Hospital of South Bend. Margaret Jean
Weaver was born to Margie and Emmanuel Milligan in Union City,
TN, on the 14th day of March 1941. Margaret and Nelson Jerome
Weaver Sr. were united in marriage in 1960. To this union four
children were born, Nelson, Derrick, Jennell and Dorothy.
Margaret was employed at St. Francis Convent, retiring after 15
years. She was a faithful member of St. Paul Bethel Missionary
Baptist Church. Margaret will be welcomed home not only by our
Heavenly Father, but also by both parents, her grandmother,
Selene Wright, great-grandmother, Brenny Childress, brother,
Ernest Milligan, and sister, Marion Witherspoon-Carney. Survivors
left to cherish her memory are two sons, Nelson (Hazel) Jerome
Weaver Jr. and Derrick (Kim) Gene Weaver, both of South Bend; two
daughters, Jennell Marie and Dorothy Fay Weaver, both of
Lawrenceville, GA; four sisters, Wilma Milligan of Paducah, KY,
Lillie (Andrew) Jones of Los Angeles, CA, Lila Johnson of
Gardena, CA, and Donna (Albert) Hurturm of Dowagiac, MI; two
brothers, Billy Milligan of Dowagiac and Emmanuel (Mae) Joe
Milligan Jr. of Niles; a host of grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, nephews, nieces, and numerous loved ones and
friends who loved her dearly. Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret
Weaver will be held at noon on Friday, May 28th, in St. Paul
Bethel M.B. Church, 621 Lindsey St., South Bend. Visitation will
be one hour prior to services. Burial will follow at St. Joseph
Valley Memorial Park, Granger. The Clark-O'Neal Funeral Home has
been entrusted with arrangements.
Published in South Bend Tribune on May 26, 2010