Lawrence County PA Archives Obituaries.....Chappel, Margaret Melissa McCreary July 6, 2001
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New Castle News, (PA), 07-07-2001
Former New Castle businesswoman Margaret Melissa Chappell, 
93, died the morning of July 6, 2001, in Heritage Oaks Home, 
Lubbock, Texas. Born Oct. 1, 1907 in Hillsville, she was a 
daughter of the late Joseph William and Minnie E. Cearfoss 
McCreary. She married Robert F. Chappell on Nov. 27, 1930.  
He died on May 5, 1990. Mrs. Chappell, formerly of Edgewood 
Avenue, had owned and operated Chappell's Sunday School and 
Church Store and Melissa's Craft Store, both in New Castle. 
A charter member of Gideons Auxillary, she was vice 
president and state president.  She belonged to the City 
Rescue Mission Auxillary, Women's Christian Temperance 
Union's Francis Willard chapter and the American Association 
of Retired Persons. Mrs. Chappell was a member of First 
Alliance Church and its Cecelia Lewis Bible Class. Survivors 
include a daughter, E. Jean Hicks of Mobile, Ala: two 
grandchildren: and two great grandchildren. In addition to 
her husband, she was preceded in death by four brothers, 
Herbert McCreary, Joseph McCreary, Cecil McCreary and James 
McCreary: and three sisters, Ruth Williams, Minnie Johnson 
and Dorothy Wheale. Visitation is from noon to 1 p.m. 
Tuesday at the R. Cuningham Funeral Home, 2429 Wilmington 
Road.  A service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the 
funeral home.  The Rev. Roger Wayne Hicks, Mrs. Chappell's 
son-in-law, will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Park 
Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Gideons, 
Box 993, New Castle 16103-0993 or the City Rescue Misiion, 
319 S. Croton Ave., New Castle, PA 16101.

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