Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameMargaret Wain 
Birth17 May 1920, Granite Quarry, Rowan County, NC
Death10 Jun 2013, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Burial13 Jun 2013, Rowan Memorial Park, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
FatherGeorge Wain (1881-1967)
MotherMary Ann Mead (1884-1953)
Spouses
Birth28 Jun 1918, Rowan County, NC
Death9 Feb 1967, Rowan County, NC
BurialRowan Memorial Park, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
FatherWilliam Russell Bostian (1881-1954)
MotherNonie Roseta Cress (1883-1967)
Birth10 Jul 1920
Death27 Mar 2003
BurialChestnut Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
FatherWilliam Walter Weant (1890-1955)
MotherAgnes Rowena Pugh (1892-1972)
Notes for Margaret Wain
Margaret Wain Bostian Weant
SALISBURY - Margaret Wain Bostian Weant, died Monday, June 10, 2013, at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center, following an illness of several months.
She was born in Granite Quarry on May 17, 1920, the sixth of seven daughters of English immigrants George and Mary Ann Mead Wain. She was a lifelong member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
A graduate of Granite Quarry High School and Catawba College, she was a star basketball player (#3, "Ace" Wain) and tennis player. Her zest for the game of basketball never diminished.
She taught first grade at Faith and Granite Quarry schools for 30 years, serving as Assistant Principal at Granite Quarry for five years. She founded and taught a preschool class at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in the early 1950s.
A member of Delta Kappa Gamma professional organization for teachers, she served on a number of committees for Rowan County Schools. After her retirement from teaching, she served on the Granite Quarry Planning Board and ACT, a community improvement committee. She was a champion for the well-being of children and animals.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William R. Bostian Jr., in 1967; their son, George W. Bostian; son-in-law Grover L. Medley; and her husband, William W. Weant, in 2003.
Survivors include her daughters, Margaret B. Medley (Nan) of Salisbury, Jane B. Arant and husband John of Rock Hill, SC; granddaughters Catherine Bostian of St. Petersburg Beach, Fla., Andrea Bostian of Plantation, Fla., Margaret Arant Franklin (Kyle) of Clinton, S.C.; grandson William Arant of Rock Hill, S.C.; four great-grandchildren; and 20 nieces and nephews.
Her extended family also includes Mr. Weant's brother, Robert Weant of Whispering Pines and his wife Nancy; sons Bobby E. Crouch of Mount Pleasant, S.C., John Crouch and Richard Crouch (deceased) and their families; and her daughter-in-law, Kathryn Dunlap of Star.
Service: A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 13 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. The Rev. Whayne Hougland will officiate. Interment will follow at Rowan Memorial Park.
Mrs. Weant will lie in state at Summersett Funeral Home until time to be taken to the church for the service.
Visitation: The family will receive friends in the church parish hall following the interment.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials may be sent to Rowan Community Care Clinic, 315 G Mocksville Ave., Salisbury, NC; or St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 131 W. Council St., Salisbury, NC.
Summersett Funeral Home is serving the Weant family.
Salisbury Post, 11 Jun 2013
SALISBURY - Margaret Wain Bostian Weant, died Monday, June 10, 2013, at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center, following an illness of several months.
She was born in Granite Quarry on May 17, 1920, the sixth of seven daughters of English immigrants George and Mary Ann Mead Wain. She was a lifelong member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
A graduate of Granite Quarry High School and Catawba College, she was a star basketball player (#3, "Ace" Wain) and tennis player. Her zest for the game of basketball never diminished.
She taught first grade at Faith and Granite Quarry schools for 30 years, serving as Assistant Principal at Granite Quarry for five years. She founded and taught a preschool class at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in the early 1950s.
A member of Delta Kappa Gamma professional organization for teachers, she served on a number of committees for Rowan County Schools. After her retirement from teaching, she served on the Granite Quarry Planning Board and ACT, a community improvement committee. She was a champion for the well-being of children and animals.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William R. Bostian Jr., in 1967; their son, George W. Bostian; son-in-law Grover L. Medley; and her husband, William W. Weant, in 2003.
Survivors include her daughters, Margaret B. Medley (Nan) of Salisbury, Jane B. Arant and husband John of Rock Hill, SC; granddaughters Catherine Bostian of St. Petersburg Beach, Fla., Andrea Bostian of Plantation, Fla., Margaret Arant Franklin (Kyle) of Clinton, S.C.; grandson William Arant of Rock Hill, S.C.; four great-grandchildren; and 20 nieces and nephews.
Her extended family also includes Mr. Weant's brother, Robert Weant of Whispering Pines and his wife Nancy; sons Bobby E. Crouch of Mount Pleasant, S.C., John Crouch and Richard Crouch (deceased) and their families; and her daughter-in-law, Kathryn Dunlap of Star.
Service: A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 13 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. The Rev. Whayne Hougland will officiate. Interment will follow at Rowan Memorial Park.
Mrs. Weant will lie in state at Summersett Funeral Home until time to be taken to the church for the service.
Visitation: The family will receive friends in the church parish hall following the interment.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials may be sent to Rowan Community Care Clinic, 315 G Mocksville Ave., Salisbury, NC; or St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 131 W. Council St., Salisbury, NC.
Summersett Funeral Home is serving the Weant family.
Salisbury Post, 11 Jun 2013