Margaret "Mardy" Corbett Callaway, age 76, of Rocky Mount, passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2015. Born in Bladen County on July 28, 1939, she was the daughter of the late James Lawrence Corbett, Sr. and Kathleen Marshall Corbett. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Raymond Callaway, Sr.
She is survived by four sons, Joseph N. Callaway, II and wife Karen of Rocky Mount, John R. Callaway, Jr. and wife Sonya of Fuquay-Varina, James D. Callaway and wife Cynthia of Poquoson, VA, and Robert M. Callaway and wife Robin of Greensboro; three sisters, Hazel Gideon of Wilmington, Sarah Katherine Behrenshausen of Knoxville, TN, and Laurel L. Smith of Clayton; and a brother, James Lawrence Corbett, Jr. of Kelly; eight grandchildren as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Services were held on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 in the Black River Presbyterian Church, Ivanhoe, NC with Rev. Mary Kathleen Duncan, Associate Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Rocky Mount, officiating. Burial followed at Black River Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 65 Eddie L. Jones Road, Ivanhoe, NC.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Mardy's name to the Alzheimer's Association, 3737 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27612
Arrangements by Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Rocky Mount.