Margaret Hudson

Canton-Margaret Wells Hudson, age 93, formerly of Timberline Road died Sunday, January 25, 2004 at Haywood Regional Medical Center.

She was a native and had lived most of her life in Haywood County. She was a daughter of the late Charles Thomas and Adaline Teague Wells, a pioneer family of Canton and Haywood County. Mrs. Hudson was also preceded in death by her husband George Stitt Hudson who died in 1947; two daughters, Martha Hudson Efird and Margaret Adeline Hudson; one sister, Martha Wells Branson; four brothers, Charles Broadway Wells, William Wallace Wells, Dr. Carey T. Wells, Sr. and James M. Wells. She and her late husband were the former owners and operators of Hudson's Dept. Store for many years. She loved to travel and was an avid bridge player and enjoyed watching TV game shows. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church of Canton.

She is survived by one grandson, George Hudson Efird; one great-granddaughter, Martha Ann Efird, both of Wilmington, one sister, Mary Wells Freeman and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January, 29, 2004 in the Canton Chapel of Wells Funeral Homes and Cremation Services with Reverend Carrol Lindsey officiating. Burial will follow in the Wells family plot of Bon-A-Venture Cemetery on the Old Clyde Road. The family will receive friends from 12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Canton Central United Methodist Church, 34 Church Street, Canton, NC 28716.

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