Maggie Sturgill

March 11, 1931 - June 9, 2020

Maggie Mays Sturgill, age 89 of Laurel Springs, N.C. passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at Genesis HealthCare-Alleghany Center in Sparta, N.C. She was born March 11, 1931 in Alleghany County to the late Lawrence S. and Martha Elizabeth Sheets Mays. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, John Henry Sturgill; four brothers, Garnett Mays, Avery Mays, Gaither Mays, and Willard Mays; two sisters; Gracie Woodring and Corlean Benfield; great-grandson, John Franklin Brown. Maggie enjoyed working in her flowers and loved her family, including her dog Lily. She is survived by one daughter, Vicki Boyer and partner Ronnie Wyatt of Sparta; one son, Randy Sturgill and wife Debbie of Laurel Springs; four grandchildren; Melony Haddad and husband Luis of Harmony, Sherrie Hines and husband Doyle of Sparta, Brittany Osborne and husband Josh of Chilhowie, VA, Bridgette Sturgill of Hopkinsville, KY; several nieces and nephews also survive. The family requests the honor of your presence at the funeral service to honor the life of Maggie at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 13, 2020 in the chapel of Grandview Memorial Funeral Home with Brother Ed Hall officiating. Interment will follow at Antioch Cemetery in the Stratford community. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral service at the funeral home. The family requests no food or flowers please, and that memorials may be made to Antioch Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Tom Atwood, 1952 US Hwy 221 S, Sparta, NC 28675. The family extends special thanks to the staff of Genesis HealthCare, Cindy Braxton and Anne Reed. Grandview Memorial Funeral Home is proudly serving the Sturgill family and if you wish, online condolences may be submitted to the family at www.grandviewfuneralhome.com.