Margaret Herron

Anderson - Margaret Voyles Herron, age 88, formerly of Whitehall Avenue, passed away Friday, February 11, 2011 at Magnolia Manor in Inman, SC.

Born in Central, SC to the late T. Voyles and Ollie Cothran Voyles, Mrs. Herron was a graduate of Central High School and Tri-County Technical College. She was the Founder and Executive Director of the Good Neighbor Cupboard in Anderson and Chairman of the World Food Day Committee for Anderson County. She received the Jefferson Award for Community Service. She was a member of Chesnee Wesleyan Church.

Survivors include two sons, Jerry Herron and his wife Doris of Easley, SC and Ernie Herron of Seneca, SC; two daughters, Rita Belcher and her husband Dan of Boiling Springs, SC and Wanda Hilley of Jacksonville, FL; a sister, Loma Cox of Liberty, SC; eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Herron was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Jimmie Herron, a son, Jimmy Don Herron; a brother, Felix T. Voyles, and two sisters, Martha Craig and Lena Abercrombie.

The Funeral Service will be held Monday, February 14, 2011 at Noon in the Chapel of The McDougald Funeral Home with the Reverend Dan Belcher and Reverend Brent Herron officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Central, SC.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday, February 14, 2010 prior to the service from 10:30 AM until 11:30 AM.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Good Neighbor Cupboard, 313 S. Towers Street, Anderson, SC 29621.

A message of condolence may be sent by visiting www.mcdougaldfuneralhome.com.

THE McDOUGALD FUNERAL HOME is in charge of the arrangements.