Margaret McNeill Risher, 84, died Friday, November 29, 2002, at her home at 1010 Arden Way after a brief illness. A native of Union, SC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Mattison and Emily Merritt McNeill. She was a 1939 graduate of Columbia College, and was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church for almost 40 years. She was a charter member of the Mary Black Hospital Auxiliary and had been a hospital volunteer since 1966. Mrs. Risher was a member of the Spartanburg Garden Club, and was an avid bridge player, belonging to two duplicate bridge clubs. Survivors include her husband of 61 years, Harold Boyd Risher; a son and daughter-in-law, Thomas Harold Risher, Sr. and Dianne Horton Risher of Hilton Head Island, SC; a grandson, Thomas Harold Risher, Jr. and his wife Jennifer Brooks Risher of Chicago, IL; a granddaughter, Ashley Risher Hahn and her husband Michael J. Hahn of Bluffton, SC; two nephews reared in the home, Thomas Ansel McNeil and his wife Mary Elizabeth McNeill of Boiling Springs, SC, and George Terrance McNeill and his wife Mary Katherine McNeill of Monroe, GA; nieces, Nancy McDonald Hardee and Margaret McDonald Elliott and her husband Paul Glenn Elliott, Sr.; ten nephews; three nieces; and numerous great-nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by siblings, Thomas Ansel McNeill, Andrew Merritt McNeill, Adelaide McNeill McDonald, and Helen Elaine McNeill. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, December 1, 2002, at Trinity United Methodist Church conducted by the Rev. Paul W. Harmon. Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends and family following the service at the home, 1010 Arden Way, Spartanburg. Active pallbearers will be Paul J. Cote', Paul Glenn Elliott, Jr., Jacob M. Elliott, Michael J. Hahn, Donald Kent Jenkins, Thomas Kevin Jenkins, and Robert P. Richardson, Jr. Honorary pallbearers will be Joseph J. Blake, Walter T. Cox, James G. Crowley, Jr., Wylie L. Hamrick, J. Alex McArthur, Jack H. Oliver, Phillip H. Prince, and W. Leonard Still. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mobile Meals Service, P. O. 461, Spartanburg, SC 29304, to the Trinity United Methodist Church Foundation, 626 Norwood Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302, or to Interim Hospice, 775 Spartan Boulevard, Spartanburg, SC 29301. The family is at the home. Floyd's North Church Steet Chapel. © The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC, 1 Dec 2002