Margaret ''Marmi'' Hood Mairs

Mairs, Margaret “Marmi” Hood of Louisville passed away Saturday march 22nd 2003 at Blount Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Mrs. Mairs was the widow of E.D. “Don” Mairs. She was born on January 21st 1928 in New Kensington Pa., and was a graduate of Bucknell University with a degree in biology. Marmi worked as a research assistant at Seoan Kettering Memorial Center for Cancer Research in New York City and managed the Metabolic Laboratory of the Clinical Research Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. She was a member of St. Andrews Episcopal Church where she served as a member of the Vestry and President of the Women of the Church. An avid golfer. Marmi was a member of Green Meadow Country Club and the Knox Area Women’s Golf Association. She was the Recorder of the Town of Louisville and was subsequently elected Alderman and served as Vice Mayor of Louisville. Her volunteer activities included the United Way, as a section head and a vice president of a division, and the American Red Cross, for whom she served two terms as a Board Member as well as a member of the Southeastern Advisory Council. Marmi was preceded in death by her parents, John Williams Hood Sr., and Mary Wilson Hood, and her brother, J. William “Bill” Hood and her sister in law, Jean Bissell Hood. Survivors include: daughter and son in law Lesly and Mitchell Senker of Cumming Ga; grandchildren, their spouses and great grandchildren: Kimberly and Andrew Bornstein Jacob Maxwell Bornstein and Jessica Elizabeth Bornstein of Atlanta Ga.; of Atlanta Ga.; Susan and Chris Reynolds, Megan Leigh Reynolds and Katherine Nicole Reynolds of Dunwoody Ga.; and Justin and Tracy Senker, Jonathon Michael Senker, James Mitchell Senker and Joshua Mairs Senker of Stone Mountain Ga.; nieces: Carol Hood Schuler of Langsville Ohio; Dr. Margaret Hood “Beth” Burnham of Round Hill Va.; Susan Hood Toth of Medina Ohio; nephew, John W. Hood III of Louisville; and cousins: Peggy Atchison and Betty Rueter of Maryville. A Memorial Service will be held at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Maryville on Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. with Rev. Martha P. Sterne officiating. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made to St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 314 W. Broadway, Maryville Tn. 37801 or to a charity of your choice. www.mccammonammonsclick.com Please run in the Monday and Tuesday Edition Please