Margaret Burchfiel Montgomery

Montgomery, Margaret Burchfiel ?age 85, passed away on Wednesday, September 01, 2004. Born in Sevierville, June 2, 1919 to William W. and Gertrude Patterson Burchfiel, Margaret attended Sevier County High School and graduated from UT, Knoxville. She was an educator, first teaching in a 2 room school with a potbellied stove in Sevier County, then teaching at Pi Beta Phi Settlement School in Gatlinburg from 1941-1942. One of the original Oak Ridge School System teachers, she taught in Oak Ridge from 1942-1949. She joined her family?s Sevierville business Burchfiel Insurance Agency where she worked as an agent until 1972. In 1942, Margaret married Walter Lee Montgomery and they moved to Knoxville. She was a member of the First Families of Tennessee; a devoted member of Ossoli Circle (Knoxville) since 1950, where she served as President 1974-1975, and historian for years. An active and faithful member of West Hills Presbyterian Church, PCA, Margaret held numerous offices in the Women in the Church. She loved the Smoky Mountains and hiked most of its trails. Preceded in death by beloved husband, Walter; parents, William and Gertrude Burchfiel; and brother, William Wesley Burchfiel, Jr. Margaret is survived by special loving cousins, Maythel Miller, Nashville; Paula Patterson, Louisville, Tennessee; Jack and Elizabeth Denton, Eddie and Pauletta Wey, all of Sevierville; Margaret and Richard Bell, Knoxville; brother-in-law, Bryant Smith Montgomery, Nashville; nieces and nephews, Dr. Marsha Montgomery, Nashville; Dr. Michael Montgomery, Columbia, SC; Karen Montgomery Atchley, Knoxville; David Montgomery; Deerfield, Illinois; also many loving and faithful friends. Margaret requested that gifts be made to Reformed Theological Seminary to the Walter and Margaret Montgomery Scholarship Fund, 5422 Clinton Boulevard, Jackson, Mississippi 39209 or to West Hills Presbyterian Church, 7600 Bennington Drive Knoxville, TN 37909. A 3 PM memorial service Tuesday, September 7 will be held at West Hills Presbyterian Church PCA, 7600 Bennington Dr. Knoxville with the Rev. Scott V. Horne officiating. Arrangements by Berry Funeral Home, Chapman Highway.