Mrs. Margie Grant Treece, 60, of 505 Boyette Street, Hamlet died Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at her home. She was born April 6, 1949 in Marlboro Co., SC, a daughter of Loyd Grant, Sr. and the late Eula Mae Robinson Grant.

Mrs. Treece was a graduate of Hamlet High School and Richmond Technical Institute. She was employed with FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in the Rehab Dept. and was a member of Joy Free Will Baptist Church.

Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 25th in the chapel of Carter Funeral Home in Ellerbe with Rev. Loyd (June) Grant, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in Ellerbe Cemetery.

Surviving is her daughter, Mary Hope Treece of the home; her father, Loyd Grant, Sr. of Hamlet; her brother, Rev. Loyd (June) Grant, Jr., wife Judith Ann Grant, and their daughter, Wendy Grant Mabe, all of Hamlet; a cousin, Lois Ann Platts, husband Ernie and their daughter, Chelsea, all of Myrtle Beach, SC; six aunts, Gladys Quick of Bennettsville, SC, Lois Caulfield of Myrtle Beach, SC, Vera Carter of Ellerbe, Grace Stubbs of Bennettsville, SC, Nancy Robinson and Bea Powell, both of Rockingham; three uncles, Earl Robinson and Dean Robinson, both of Bennettsville, SC, and Cecil Robinson of Hamlet; and several other cousins.

Mrs. Treece was preceded in death by her husband, Jacob “Jake” Treece, Jr.; her mother, Eula Mae Grant; and twin sons, Michael John Treece and Larry Wayne Treece.

The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Carter Funeral Home in Ellerbe and other times at the home, 505 Boyette St., Hamlet.

Memorials may be made to Richmond County Hospice, 1119 US Hwy. 1 N., Rockingham, NC 28379 or Cancer Care-net, Foundation of First Health, 150 Applecross Rd., Pinehurst, NC 28374.

Online condolences may be sent to www.carterfuneral.net.

— Paid obituary

Richmond County Daily Journal

Thursday, April 23, 2009