Margarine Gordon Ramsey

Faithful Member Of East 3rd Street Church Of Christ

  • Saturday, August 16, 2025
Margarine Gordon Ramsey
Margarine Gordon Ramsey

Margarine Gordon Ramsey, 94, of Chattanooga, passed away Monday, August 11, 2025, in a local hospital.

Margarine graduated from Howard High School, class of 1949. She furthered her education by graduating from Chattanooga State. She was a faithful member of East 3rd Street Church of Christ.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Joseph "Joe" Ramsey; father, James Gordon; mother, Mary Hall Gordon; grandparents, Frank and Savanah Hall, who helped raised her and her siblings after the death of their mother; brothers, James "Sonny Boy" Gordon Sr., Benjamin Gordon, Leonard Boykins, Harold Jackson, Edward Jackson, and Sammy Jackson; sisters, Margaruth Hammonds, Martha Ann Ross, and Linda Gordon; niece, Carla Gordon; along with several nieces and nephews.

Survivors include a loving niece and her caretaker, Lynn A. Mears, and her beloved pet baby, "Princess"; brother, James Lee (Katrina) Gordon; sister, Suzanne (Desmond) Celestine; caring niece, Cynthia Smartt as well as several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends for whom she cared deeply.

Margarine will be laid to rest in Lakewood Memory Gardens, East.

Arrangements are by Taylor Funeral Home of Chattanooga, Inc.

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