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MARGARET KIRK

Margaret Kirk, 96, of Murphy died Monday (December 26, 2005) in a Murphy care facility. A native of Lehi, UT, she lived most of her life in Jacksonville, FL before moving to Murphy in 2001 to live with her niece and husband, Patricia and Don Faircloth. She was a daughter of the late James William and Mary Hannah Rees Telford and the wife of the late Fred A. Kirk. She worked as a secretary for the Government and had delivered Meals on Wheels when she lived in Jacksonville, FL. She was a member of the Murphy First United Methodist Church and sang in the church choir in Jacksonville.

Surviving are a niece, Patricia Faircloth and husband, Don of Murphy; two nephews, Bill Gamble and wife, Kathryn and Jackie Gamble all of Murphy; and a cousin, James Telford of Salt Lake City, UT.

Funeral services at 2:00 PM Friday (Dec. 30, 2005) in the Chapel of the Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy with Rev. George Yates officiating. Burial in the Jacksonville Memory Gardens Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 1-1:45 Friday afternoon at the Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy prior to the services.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to be made in loving memory of Margaret Kirk to the Angel Food Ministry, c/o Murphy First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 86, Murphy, NC 28906.

Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy in charge of all arrangements.

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