{"id":3554,"date":"2017-05-12T08:53:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T13:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/?p=3554"},"modified":"2017-05-13T13:57:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T18:57:07","slug":"margaret-r-gaiter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/?p=3554","title":{"rendered":"Margaret R. Gaiter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Margaret-Gaiter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3557\" title=\"Margaret Gaiter\" src=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Margaret-Gaiter-e1494701509414-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Margaret-Gaiter-e1494701509414-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Margaret-Gaiter-e1494701509414-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Margaret-Gaiter-e1494701509414.jpg 553w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0She 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.\u00a0She 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;\u00a0 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;\u00a0 great-nieces and nephews\u00a0 Leslie Green, Tracey Hill, Raphael (Ashley) Mills, Rashaad Mills; great-great nephews and nieces \u00a0Martez and Jaida Hill, Raquell, Raphael II, \u00a0Ashiah, Sophia and Angela Mills.\u00a0The family will receive friends Tuesday, May 16, 2017, from 11:30 A.M. \u2013 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.\u00a0Special appreciation to Larry Brakebill, Dr. Wahid Hanna and the University of TN Medical staff, and staff at Holston Rehabilitation and Health Center.\u00a0In lieu of flowers, please consider memorial contributions to Beck Cultural Center,\u00a01927 Dandridge Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37915 or to the Byron G. Ragsdale Scholarship Fund, Rogers Memorial Baptist Church, 520 College St., Knoxville, TN 37921.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/?p=3554\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/plugins\/thumbnail-for-excerpts\/tfe_no_thumb.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>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.\u00a0 After retiring from the Knox County Public School System, she continued her leadership roles in various civic, community, and public organizations. 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