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GREENSBORO- Mrs. Mary "Nanny" Christine Stafford, 88, died Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at Moses Cone Hospital.
The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today at Greenhill City Cemetery with the Rev. James Sweeney officiating.
Mrs. Stafford was born in Wythe Co., Va., March 23, 1918, to the late William Cloyd Seagle and Ollie Etta Collins. Other than her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Gilmer S. Stafford.
Mrs. Stafford was a devoted home maker. She loved children with all her heart and was a nanny to many in her lifetime. Nanny enjoyed her time gardening and fishing. Most of all she enjoyed raising and spending time with her family. Nanny was a loving person with a smile on, who never met a stranger. She was always open and willing to help anyone in life. Mary was a loving mother, sister, grandmother and Nanny to many. She will be dearly missed.
Mrs. Stafford is survived by one daughter, Helen Tilley of Greensboro; four sons, Cloyd Stafford and wife Shirley of Climax, Gil Stafford and wife Brenda of Seagrove, Butch Stafford and wife Barbara of Marietta, Ga., and Guy Stafford of the home; three sisters, Harriet Miller of Baltimore, Md., Nancy Woolheater of Wytheville, Va., and Rachel Akers of West Virginia; one brother, John Seagle of Wytheville, Va.; 15 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
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1918 - 2006 (88 years)
