This simple entry is what everyone can see of my Grandmother, this is nothing like my "Mammy". She epitomized the christian spirit, strength, and everything good you can think of in a woman, mother, grandmother , human being. She is the person who named my son, Pattrick"G.D." Shumate.
Wilson, Mrs. Elizabeth "Madge" Boggs
Date of birth: Oct. 13, 1915 - Date of death: June 4, 2007
Mrs. Elizabeth “Madge” Boggs Wilson, age 91, formerly of 705 Michigan
Avenue, Nutter Fort, WV passed away at 5:55 P.M. Monday, June 4, 2007 at
the Clarksburg, Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Clarksburg, WV following
an extended illness. She was born in Orton, Gilmer Co., WV, October 13, 1915
a daughter of the late Worthy B. Boggs and Loma Jenkins Boggs.
Her husband, Richard Garrett Wilson, whom she married June 5, 1935, preceded
her in death January 28, 1975.
Surviving are, three daughters & a son-in-law, Lana & Larry G. Robey, Nutter
Fort, WV, Mrs. Bonita Shumate, Clarksburg, WV and Ronelda K. Wilson,
Nutter Fort, WV, four grandsons, Michael Robey, Scott D. Robey, Larry A.
Shumate, and William J. “B.J.” Shumate, eleven great grandchildren and several
nieces & nephews.
Mrs. Wilson was also preceded in death by three brothers, Everett, Ernest &
Albert Boggs, three sisters, Myrtle McGee, Evelyn Dawson & Forest R. Boggs
and one granddaughter, Elaine Shumate.
Mrs. Wilson was a member of the Vincent Memorial United Methodist Church in
Nutter Fort and the Women’s Society of the Church. She was a homemaker.
Friends may call at the Davis-Weaver Funeral Home, 329 East Main Street,
Clarksburg from 3:00 - 8:00 P.M. on Wednesday, where a funeral service will
be held on Thursday, June 7, 2007 at 1:00 P.M. with the Rev. Olen Butcher-Winfree
presiding. Interment will follow in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens.
