Marguerite Jackson Sawyer Bateman

HURLOCK - Marguerite Jackson Sawyer Bateman, 93, passed away on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at Memorial Hospital at Easton.

She was born in Elizabeth City, N.C. on Feb. 3, 1915 to the late Roland M. Sawyer and Rosa Jackson Sawyer. She was a member of Unity Washington United Methodist Church, the Deborah Circle and the Hurlock Lunch Bunch.

She is survived by one son, Judson C. Bateman Jr. and his wife Ann, of Preston; three daughters, Margaret B. Long of Salisbury and her husband Creston, Carole B. Gadow of Preston and her husband Leonard, and Deborah B. Messick of East New Market and her husband Wes; seven grandchildren, Lisa Carroll, Rex Bateman, Jackie Gowe, Cres Long, Mindy Craft, Kasey Messick and Wesley Messick and nine great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Judson Charlton Bateman Sr., who died May 1992.

A viewing will be held Noo - 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Unity Washington United Methodist Church in Hurlock, followed immediately by a funeral service. The Revs. Bonnie Shively and Ruth Tull will officiate. Interment will follow in Unity Washington Cemetery. Pallbearers will be J.C. Bateman, Wesley Messick, Rex Bateman, Cres Long, Darren Carroll and Steve Gowe. Honorary pallbearer is Donald Willoughby.

Memorial donations may be sent to Unity Washington United Methodist Church Building Improvement Fund, P.O. Box 298, Hurlock, MD, 21643.

The Zeller Funeral Home in East New Market is handling the arrangements.