Thursday, May 15, 2014 7:33 am

Margaret Faye Campbell Thrift, age 66, of Ellenboro, passed away, Saturday, May 10, 2014.  

A native of Iredell County, she was a daughter of the late Vernon Nelson Campbell & Nannie Bell Hazel Neal Campbell, she was a homemaker who loved working puzzle books, watching birds, family cook outs, spending time with her grandchildren, her church family, & camping. She was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Jennifer Bailey, a brother, Dwight Campbell, & sister, Virginia Rhoney.

Survivors include her husband of 52 years, Duey Eugene “Gene” Thrift, 3 sons, Duey “Lee” Thrift &  wife Karen of Ellenboro, James Gene Thrift & wife Pat of Mooresboro, Donald “Ray” Thrift of Mooresboro, 6 grandchildren, Anna Marie Thrift, Curtis Anton Thrift, Kristen Staggs, Amber Staggs, Sharon Beaver, Kerry Langford, Steve Deyton, & Shaun Deyton, 11 great grandchildren, & 1 great greatchild.

Funeral services were held at the Spindale Fellowship Holiness Church, with the Reverend Leon Brown and Reverend Roger Hudgins officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. 

The Padgett and King Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.