Margie “Marge” Wooten, nee Marjory Louise Eddy, age 93, passed away on September 22, 2019 at Tribute at The Glen assisted living community in Woodbridge, Virginia. Marge was born in Alton, Illinois to Samuel Henry and Elizabeth Celia (Kemry) Eddy. She had two older siblings, Mildred and Henry. Marge was raised in Louisiana, Missouri by her cousin Ilah (Fields) Banister and Ilah’s husband Samuel Banister. Two years after graduating from Louisiana High School in 1943, Marge moved to Washington, DC. While working as a secretary at the Pentagon, Marge met her future husband, then US Army Captain John Henry Wooten, III (retired US Army Lt. Colonel, died May 26, 2003). On August 6, 1949, John and Marge married at Ft. Leslie McNair Chapel, Washington, DC.
John and Marge had six children: John (deceased), Karen, James (deceased), Kathleen (deceased), Joseph (deceased) and Kristina. Marge had ten (10) grandchildren—Nicole, Kendra, Lauren (deceased), Morgann, Angie, Jacqueline, Kemry, Colton, Rhiannon, and Rachel (deceased) and thirteen (13) great-grandchildren—Nicole’s daughters Theresa and Samantha; Kendra’s son Reese; Morgann’s children Robbie, Katie, and Dominick; Angie’s children Kaia, Kolt, Aliya, Jacqueline’s daughters Sky and Kira; and Rhiannon’s son Joseph. She is also served by her cousins Kathleen Emerson and Mary Gilbaugh—grandchildren of Ilah and Samuel Banister.
