1921
Margaret
2013
Margaret Hancock
June 10, 1921 — July 1, 2013
Margaret Cannon Smith Hancock peacefully passed from this earth at her home early Monday, July 1, 2013, after 92 years of what she always described as "a blessed life."
The daughter of Kenneth O. and Margaret Edgerton Cannon Smith, she was born on June 10, 1921 and grew up in Deposit, New York. She attended Mount Holyoke College, MA and transferred to and earned her degree in sociology from Cornell University, NY. Upon graduation, she served her country during World War II as an officer in the US Navy WAVES stationed in Washington, DC in the Naval Intelligence/Cryptology section.
Following the war, she earned her private, commercial, and instructor pilot licenses. She taught flying in Montgomery County, MD, where in 1947, she met and married E. Buckley Hancock of Anderson, SC. They brought up their five children in Olney, MD and in 1972 settled in Pendleton, SC for the remainder of their lives. Their union lasted 58 years until his death in 2005.
She was a Convinced Quaker and a member of the Society of Friends in Sandy Spring, MD.
In addition to her parents and her husband, she was predeceased by her two brothers, Robert F. Smith and Kenneth O. Smith, Jr., and an infant daughter, Susan Wheeler Hancock.
She lives on through all those whose lives she touched, including: her sister Ann Smith Levatich of Ithaca, NY; daughter, Elizabeth H. Brooks (Jeff), son Kenneth D. Hancock, daughter Margaret Julia H. Stoudenmire (Mark), all of Pendleton, SC; daughters Allison H. Padgett (Frank) of Cullowhee, NC; and Leslie K. Baggott (Kevin) of Westminster, MD; her grandchildren and great grandchildren, Robert Brooks (Jennifer and their children Ben and Lydia), Matthew Brooks (Stephanie and their son Jonathan), Lauren Hancock, Lisa H. Knox (Jason and their son Lucas), Rick Hancock, Christopher Hancock, Kenneth Stoudenmire, Victoria S. Gintautiene (Vadas), Margaret Elizabeth Stoudenmire, Steven Wheeler Gentile (Solvig), and Tyler Knox Baggott.
A family service celebrating her life will be held at a later date. Memorials may be made to Sandy Spring Society of Friends, 17715 Meeting House Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860, The American Humane Association, Boys Town, or to the charity of one's choice.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.robinsonfuneralhomes.com or at Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home, Central, SC.
The daughter of Kenneth O. and Margaret Edgerton Cannon Smith, she was born on June 10, 1921 and grew up in Deposit, New York. She attended Mount Holyoke College, MA and transferred to and earned her degree in sociology from Cornell University, NY. Upon graduation, she served her country during World War II as an officer in the US Navy WAVES stationed in Washington, DC in the Naval Intelligence/Cryptology section.
Following the war, she earned her private, commercial, and instructor pilot licenses. She taught flying in Montgomery County, MD, where in 1947, she met and married E. Buckley Hancock of Anderson, SC. They brought up their five children in Olney, MD and in 1972 settled in Pendleton, SC for the remainder of their lives. Their union lasted 58 years until his death in 2005.
She was a Convinced Quaker and a member of the Society of Friends in Sandy Spring, MD.
In addition to her parents and her husband, she was predeceased by her two brothers, Robert F. Smith and Kenneth O. Smith, Jr., and an infant daughter, Susan Wheeler Hancock.
She lives on through all those whose lives she touched, including: her sister Ann Smith Levatich of Ithaca, NY; daughter, Elizabeth H. Brooks (Jeff), son Kenneth D. Hancock, daughter Margaret Julia H. Stoudenmire (Mark), all of Pendleton, SC; daughters Allison H. Padgett (Frank) of Cullowhee, NC; and Leslie K. Baggott (Kevin) of Westminster, MD; her grandchildren and great grandchildren, Robert Brooks (Jennifer and their children Ben and Lydia), Matthew Brooks (Stephanie and their son Jonathan), Lauren Hancock, Lisa H. Knox (Jason and their son Lucas), Rick Hancock, Christopher Hancock, Kenneth Stoudenmire, Victoria S. Gintautiene (Vadas), Margaret Elizabeth Stoudenmire, Steven Wheeler Gentile (Solvig), and Tyler Knox Baggott.
A family service celebrating her life will be held at a later date. Memorials may be made to Sandy Spring Society of Friends, 17715 Meeting House Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860, The American Humane Association, Boys Town, or to the charity of one's choice.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.robinsonfuneralhomes.com or at Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home, Central, SC.
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