Margaret Ann Willingham, 79, of Bettendorf, IA, passed away Saturday July 13, 2024, at her home.

A visitation will be held from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Thursday, July 25, 2024, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am with a visitation from 10:00 am to 11:00 am on Friday, July 26, 2024, at Third Missionary Baptist Church, 222 W 14th St, Davenport, IA 52803. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park. Memorials may be made in care of the family.

Margaret was born October 10, 1944, in Oxford, MS, the daughter of Noel Johnson and Cora Lee Mitchell. Margaret married William E. Willingham on February 18, 1961. She worked as a CNA for Davenport Lutheran Home for 30 years.

Margaret enjoyed planting and visiting the casino. She loved her family and always made time to hang out with her girls. Her yearly fish fry showed her love of entertaining and being surrounded by those she loved.

Those cherishing her memory are her children, Vanessa Lam, Robbie (Robert) Harris, Tammy (Patrick Sr.) Fetterer, Vonda Harris, Wilma "Sally" Frierson; sister-in-laws, Ethel Richardson and Irene Willingham; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, William; and siblings, Dorothy Barry, Benny Johnson, and Jimmy Johnson.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William; and siblings, Dorothy Barry, Benny Johnson, and Jimmy Johnson.