Marjorie Louise Madden

Mrs. Marjorie Louise Furgerson Madden, age 92, of Sam Paul Road, Elberton, wife of 74 years to the late John Albert Madden, Sr., entered into rest on Sunday, July 10, 2016, at Gentiva Inpatient Unit at Athens Regional Medical Center. She had recently been a resident of Nancy Hart Nursing Center.

Mrs. Madden was born in Atlanta on September 10, 1923, to the late Marion Riley Furgerson and Ola Mae Yarborough Furgerson. She was a retired seamstress having worked at Elberton Manufacturing Company and was a member of Antioch Baptist Church.

Surviving are sons and daughters-in-law: John A., Jr. and Joyce Madden, Marion Jerry and Linda Madden, and William Terry and Marsha Madden, all of Elberton; grandchildren and their spouses: Jeremy and Stacey Madden, Heather and Jason Padilla, Michael Madden, Riley Madden, and Jennifer and Tim Dyar; and great-grandchildren, Emily Krolikowski, Bonnie Greer Madden, Ella Grace Madden, Davis Madden, Carolina McKelley Madden, Brooklyn Meadow Madden, Ethan Riley Madden, Robert Benjamin Padilla, Luke Timothy Dyar, Jason Matthew Padilla, and Jaxon Wyatt Madden.

In addition to her parents and husband, she is preceded in death by her brother, Calvin Furgerson; and grandson, Nicholas Madden.

Funeral services celebrating her life will be held on Thursday, July 14, at 6:00p.m. in the Memorial Chapel of Berry Funeral Home with the Revs. Ken Thrift and Emily Case officiating. Private interment will be held on Friday in Carlton City Cemetery.

The family is at their respective homes and will receive friends at Berry Funeral Home from 4:00p.m. until the service hour on Thursday.

Flowers are optional; contributions may be made in her memory to Antioch Baptist Church, 2479 Antioch Church Road, Dewy Rose, GA 30634 or to T.J. & Friends Foundation, PO Box 6161, Elberton, GA 30635.

Those desiring may sign the online guestbook at www.berryfh.com.

Berry Funeral Home & Crematory of Elberton is respectfully in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Marjorie Louise Furgerson Madden.