Margaret Ross Gaiter, a native of Knoxville, TN, passed away on Friday, May 12, 2017, at Holston Rehabilitation and Health Center. She was a 1947 graduate of Knoxville College. After retiring from the Knox County Public School System, she continued her leadership roles in various civic, community, and public organizations. She was a faithful member of Rogers Memorial Baptist Church where she served as minister of music for 38 years. She is preceded in death by husband, Felix Gaiter; daughter, Kathleen Gaiter Lowery Roberts; daughter-in-law, Kathy Henderson Gaiter; brother, Clifford Ross; sister, Constance Ross Mills; brother-in-law, Gaither Mills; mother, Margaret Ross Mitchell and step-father, Amos Mitchell; and aunts Macie Williams, Annie Lucille Houston, and Bessie Willard Houston. She is survived by children Felix Ross Gaiter and Peggy (John) Jackson; grandchildren Robin L. Barnes, Roger (Katherine) Lowery, Natalie Swift, Yusef (Michelle) Gaiter, Velvet Gaiter, Felix Xavier Gaiter, and Kleopatra Gaiter; great-grandchildren Tariq and Jalil Barnes, Bishop Lowery, Lynden Gaiter, and Lacey Gaiter; sisters-in-law Erma Ross and Versie Gaiter; nieces and nephews Patricia (Bobby) Jennings, Anthony Mills, Dorothy (Larry) Brice; great-nieces and nephews Leslie Green, Tracey Hill, Raphael (Ashley) Mills, Rashaad Mills; great-great nephews and nieces Martez and Jaida Hill, Raquell, Raphael II, Ashiah, Sophia and Angela Mills. The family will receive friends Tuesday, May 16, 2017, from 11:30 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. with the service to follow at Rogers Memorial Baptist Church, 520 College St., Knoxville, TN, with the Reverend Dr. Michel Caldwell, officiating. Interment Services will be held on Wednesday, May 17, at 11:30 A.M. at the East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, 2200 East Governor John Sevier Highway. A white dove release will conclude the services. Mrs. Gaiter can viewed after 1:00 P.M. on Monday, May 15, 2017 in the William V. Powell, Jr. Memorial Chapel of Unity Mortuary. Special appreciation to Larry Brakebill, Dr. Wahid Hanna and the University of TN Medical staff, and staff at Holston Rehabilitation and Health Center. In lieu of flowers, please consider memorial contributions to Beck Cultural Center, 1927 Dandridge Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37915 or to the Byron G. Ragsdale Scholarship Fund, Rogers Memorial Baptist Church, 520 College St., Knoxville, TN 37921.
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Deepest sympathies to the family and friends of this amazing woman. She was a titan of the community who embodied the ideals of love and service. She lives on in those many whose lives she touched.