Peggy Rummage

Margie “Peggy” Carter Rummage, 81, of Arvil Hunt Road, was called home by her Savior, Saturday, April 19, 2014.  The funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at Fork Baptist Church, with the Revs. Robert Garrett and Ken Evans officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at Davidson Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, 2014, and other times at the home of her son, Ricky Rummage on Arvil Hunt Road.  Mrs. Rummage was born January 16, 1933, in Davie County, to Lisha Morrison Carter and Titi Foster Carter. On October 23, 1954, she married the love of her life, Felix Gray Rummage. She was a member of Fork Baptist Church where she served on the Mission, History and Kitchen Committees. She also worked with the Seniors for many years and was a past teacher for junior girls; was an assistant teacher for the senior body class; and assisted with the home bound. She loved her church. Mrs. Rummage was a member of the Reeds Fern and Foilage Garden Club and was a past member of Reeds Civitan, where she once was Civitan of the Year. She was also a past member of Credit Professionals of Lexington. After retiring from Lexington Telephone Company she loved traveling, crafts and working with her flowers, birds and garden. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, William Giles Foster and Sallie Livengood Foster; brother, Lewis “Jack” Carter; special aunts, Louise “Tip” Foster Jones, and Annie Ruth Foster Shillinglaw; uncle, Buddie “Pete” Foster; and half brother, Bobby Lee Bailey.  Surviving are her loving husband of 59 years, Felix Rummage of the home; son, Ricky Gray Rummage and wife Donna; grandsons, Matthew Gray Rummage and wife Brittany and Adam Preston Rummage and wife Ashley; brother, Morrison Gray Carter and wife Ruby Nell; half brother, Joe William Bailey and wife Judy; half sisters, Sallie Bailey Buie and Dorthy “Dot” Bailey Sowers; and a host of loving nieces and nephews.  The family would like to express a special thank you to Alston Brook Nursing Center and Rowan Regional Medical Center Emergency Room Staff.   Memorials may be made to Fork Baptist Church c/o Mission Funds, 3140 US Highway 64 East, Mocksville, NC 27028.