Margaret was born in Mocksville, NC to the late Carr McGuire and Nora Armstrong Swicegood.
She was married to Alfred Martin Fort Jr. of Catonsville, Maryland for 43 years until his death in 1996.
She is also preceded in death by her siblings Elizabeth Cannon, Robert Swicegood, Bess Swicegood, Joseph Swicegood and her nephew Sam Cannon III.
Margaret was a graduate of St. Genevieve of the Pines Junior College. She was a talented seamstress, decorator, and cook and will fondly be remembered by her nieces and nephews for the birthday cakes she baked for them each year.
She is survived by her daughters Margaret Fort Wallace of Columbia, SC and Jeanne Fort of New York, NY, her sister Jane Swicegood of Tuscon, Arizona, nieces and nephews Marita Cannon Gates, Robert “Mac” Swicegood, Elise Brown Swicegood, Michele Swicegood, Donna Brown White, Hope Swicegood Byrd, Carr McGuire Swicegood, and Dudley Gardener Brown, Jr.
Private interment will be next to her husband Alfred at the Western Carolina State Veteran’s Cemetery.
Source Citation: Groce Funeral Home
Margaret was born in Mocksville, NC to the late Carr McGuire and Nora Armstrong Swicegood.
She was married to Alfred Martin Fort Jr. of Catonsville, Maryland for 43 years until his death in 1996.
She is also preceded in death by her siblings Elizabeth Cannon, Robert Swicegood, Bess Swicegood, Joseph Swicegood and her nephew Sam Cannon III.
Margaret was a graduate of St. Genevieve of the Pines Junior College. She was a talented seamstress, decorator, and cook and will fondly be remembered by her nieces and nephews for the birthday cakes she baked for them each year.
She is survived by her daughters Margaret Fort Wallace of Columbia, SC and Jeanne Fort of New York, NY, her sister Jane Swicegood of Tuscon, Arizona, nieces and nephews Marita Cannon Gates, Robert “Mac” Swicegood, Elise Brown Swicegood, Michele Swicegood, Donna Brown White, Hope Swicegood Byrd, Carr McGuire Swicegood, and Dudley Gardener Brown, Jr.
Private interment will be next to her husband Alfred at the Western Carolina State Veteran’s Cemetery.
Source Citation: Groce Funeral Home
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