Marjorie 'Margie' Lairsey Kenton DOVER - Marjorie "Margie" Lairsey Kenton passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 30, 2010, surrounded by her family at the residence of her niece, under the care of Hospice Savannah. Margie was born in Waycross, Ga., on Aug. 8, 1923. During her teenage years she lived in Charleston, S.C. and graduated from Memminger High School in Charleston. She was a 1944 graduate of Georgia Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in Atlanta. Margie was serving in the Army Nurse Corps when she met her husband. After their marriage they made their home in Dover where she remained for the last 65 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Elwood "Woody" Kenton; son, Donald Earl Kenton; her parents, Corbett Earl and Lillie Tucker Lairsey; stepmother, Estelle Bailey Lairsey Hanton; brothers, Roger W. and Corbett Earl Lairsey Jr. She is survived by her sister, June L. (Ronald) Allen of Richmond Hill, Ga.; stepbrother, Fred L. (Marsha) Hanton of Savannah, Ga.; nieces, Patricia T. (John) Riddleberger of Dover, Leslie A. (Mike) Graddick of Richmond Hill, Ga.; Diane A. (Hugh) Hodges of Bloomingdale, Ga., Claire A. (Tim) Kirkland of Richmond Hill, Ga.; nephews, Robert E. Lairsey of Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Jeremy (Danielle) Hanton of Savannah, Ga. She is also survived by a number of great nieces, nephews and great-great nephews. Margie was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, Newcomers Club of Dover, Christian Women and Spring Chicks Stamping – Up Club, which met every Wednesday. She loved doing handcrafts and making cards for all her friends. Services will be 11 a.m., Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Wesley United Methodist Church, 209 S. State Street, Dover. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday evening at Torbert Funeral Chapel South, 1145 E. Lebanon Road (Rt.10), Dover. Interment will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden. Remembrances may be made to Wesley United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, 209 S. State Street, Dover, DE 19901; or Hospice Savannah, P.O. Box 13190, Savannah, GA 31416.