Margie C. Stidham

December 27, 1917 - January 3, 2021

Margie Stidham, 103, of Marietta, GA., passed away on January 3, 2021. A Private Graveside Service will be held on Friday, January 8, 2021 in Vernon, AL. with Rev. Justin Perkins officiating. Margie completed her 8th grade education and then worked on the family farm with her five sisters in Lamar County, AL. After marriage and during WW2 she worked in a shipyard in Chickasaw, AL as a welder. After the war she attended beauty school and became a beautician. After working at small shops, she started her career with Gayfer's Department Store (now Dillard's) in Mobile, AL, which lasted more than 35 years. After retirement she participated in senior activities at her church and her city of Saraland, AL. She was pre-deceased by her husband’s Gurley Christian and Hubert Stidham. She drove until the month before her 100th birthday. She lived alone until one hundred and a half. She was special to her only child Shelby and her husband Will Freise. They always included her in any family event in any state. She and her granddaughter bonded when Jane was a patient at Bethesda Naval Hospital and Margie was by her side for extended stay. She loved her grandchildren, Jane Johnson, David Freise and Zach Freise and visited then shortly after their birth in different states. She had a special place in her heart for their spouses David Johnson and Mandi Freise. She adored her great-grandchildren: Jennifer, Sarah, Ben, Hunter, Tanner, Christi, Easton, Hudson, Brody and Emerson. Because of Covid she could only visit her great-great-grandchildren Waylon, Magnolia and Pierson with window visits. A private visitation will be held for the family at the Funeral Home. Arrangements made under the caring guidance of Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home & Crematory in Powder Springs, GA. mayeswarddobbins.com 770-943-1511