Minnie Cress Wolfe

Marguerite Cress Wolfe, 91, of Decatur, Georgia, surrounded by her children, passed away at Coventry Place on Tuesday morning, January 26, 2010, after a short illness. 

She was born and reared in Cleveland, Tennessee, the daughter of William Ira Cress and Bessie Burns Cress.  Marguerite was preceded in death by Joseph (Jay) Edward Wolfe, her husband of 68 years, and five siblings.  After being widowed in 2006, Marguerite enjoyed living an active life in the retirement home of her trusted nephew, Mike Cress, with one of her daughters near by.

Upon marrying, she and Jay resided in Cleveland, Mississippi, until WWII.  With the war effort, they moved to several different states where she met the challenge of turning fifteen more houses into homes for her family.  She was an enthusiastic homemaker with an obsession for taking care of people and was the hub that united her grandchildren summer after summer.  When her nest was empty, she shared her caretaking as a Pink Lady.  Her main club interest was the Eastern Star. 

Marguerite first worked in retail, and then she and Jay worked side by side in their family business of building and operating cable television systems in the Mississippi Delta.  They retired in 1969 and, thereafter, wintered on Lake Okeechobee in Florida prior to making Clewiston, FL, their permanent residence in 1985.

Mrs. Wolfe is survived by one sister, Anne Cress Cavini; her daughters, Juanita Wolfe Dunn, of Bastrop, La., Beverly M. Wolfe, of Decatur, GA, and Jo Ann Wolfe Smith of Decatur, GA; grandchildren, Gigi Dunn, Jerry Crawford, Jay Crawford, Anne Claire Dunn Stephenson, Walt Peden, Megan Dunn Meador and Mary Jo Ann Peden Grisham; 12 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.

A. S. Turner & Sons of Decatur, GA, handled the arrangements for cremation.  A memorial service will be held at Coventry Place on Saturday, February 6, 2010, at 3:00 in the afternoon.