Mrs. Maggie Irene Atkins Danley, age 99, of Mt. Airy, N.C., passed away on Tuesday, August 13, 2019. She was born in Surry County on July 6, 1920, to the late James Powell Atkins and the late Lela Belle Atkins. She was a homemaker and worked on the family farm. She was a member of New Home Church of Christ. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ellis L. Danley; son, Lonnie Ray Danley; brothers, Nathan, Ellis, Abner, and Foy Atkins; sister, Christine Atkins Simpson. Surviving are her two daughters and son-in-law, Faye and Oliver Hudson, Vickie Danley; son and daughter-in-law, Russell and Barbara Danley; daughter-in-law, Linda O’Neal Danley; grandchildren, Randy and Melanie Hudson, Sherry and Mike Jarrell, Rocky and Charlotte Hudson, Tim and Penny Danley, Buffy and Jimmy Danley, Angela and Chad Kanipe; twelve great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; special nieces, Wilma Simpson, Edith Payne; and special friend, Denise Ward. The funeral was on Thursday, August 15, 2019, at New Home Church of Christ, with burial in Turkey Ford Baptist Church Cemetery. Brother Tim Smith and Brother Carl Bowles will officiate the services.
