Margaret Perry Griffin Evans died July 14, 2023.

She was the daughter of the late Lloyd Eldon Griffin, Sr. and Margaret Belle Walters Griffin of Edenton.

She was predeceased by her brother, Dr. Lloyd Eldon Griffin, Jr. (Mary Hadley) of Elizabeth City and her husband Don Tolbert Evans.

Margaret is survived by her four children, Margaret Griffin Evans of Raleigh, Dr. J. Holt Evans II (Donna), Elizabeth Evans Laymon (Charles) and Don Tolbert Evans, Jr. (Sally) all of Wilmington; her sister, Mary Griffin Douglass, of Raleigh; six grandsons and many treasured nieces, nephews and great-nieces and nephews.

A private burial will be held Saturday the 22nd of July, 2023 followed by celebration of life at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, Rocky Mount, 100 S. Church St. Rocky Mount, the Reverend Doctor David Joyner officiating.

The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Salvation Army of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 1000 Hunter Hill Road, Rocky Mount.