Mrs. Marjorie ‘Margie” B. Onks, age 94, passed away Friday, February 17, 2017 at Church Hill Health Care & Rehab.
Mrs. Onks was born in Washington County and daughter of the late A.G. Beard and Beula Sylvester Beard. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Paul F. Onks, Sr., sisters, Dorothy Denny and Virginia Davis and a brother, Harold Beard.
Marjorie was a member of Boones Creek Christian Church. She retired from FSA (ASCS) office, after working for over twenty years. She was known for her cooking and love for flower gardening.
Survivors include a sister, Carolyn Anderson; daughter, Linda Onks Cope and husband Ted; two grandsons, Edwin & Teffany Cope and Aaron and Jessica Cope; four great-grandchildren, Mallory Blake, Nathaniel and Willa Kay Cope; son, Paul Onks, Jr. and wife, Rhonda; step-children, Matt and Brittany Seth and Cori and Olivia Morelock; four step great-grandchildren; and special step-granddaughter, Olivia Barnes.
The family wishes to extend special thanks to the staff of Church Hill Health Care and Avalon Hospice for their kind and compassionate care given to Marjorie.
Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 pm Sunday, February 19, 2017 at Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home with Minister David Clark and Minister Dick Morris officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00 pm Sunday prior to the service. Interment services will follow at Washington County Memory Gardens.
Pallbearers will be family & friends.
Those who prefer, memorial donations may be made to Alzheimer’s Northeast Tennessee Chapter 207 N. Boone St. Suite 1500 Johnson City, TN 37604.