ANNA MARGARET SELLS GURLEY  
Passed away peacefully on Friday, November 25, 2016 in her home of 65 years. She was 98 years old and the widow of the late Glenwood Gurley, her husband of 60 years. Margaret was born in Trenton, Georgia on April 6, 1918 of Charline Leroy Jones and Elijah McPherson Sells. She was raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee where she graduated from Chattanooga High School and Edmundson School of Business. The couple moved to Washington, DC in 1940, then moved to Arlington in 1951 into the house in which she died. She worked in the Pentagon for 10 years. Margaret was a lively person committed to growth and full of curiosity. She was a member of Rock Spring Congregational Church since 1952. In addition, she was an original member of the Rock Spring Garden Club, Williamsburg Woman's club of Arlington and still an active member of the Old Dominion Club of Rug Hooking. She had been in a computer club and built all her computers. She continued to play duplicate bridge until October of this year and was avidly active in genealogy research. Margaret was a proud member of the DAR. During her marriage, she and her husband square danced weekly for decades.Margaret was predeceased by her two daughters, Charline Gurley Walsh and Louise Gurley Berger, as well as her sister, Christine Sells Steele.She is survived by her son, William Gurley of Arlington and Gatesville, North Carolina; sister, Patty Sells Stapp; three grandchildren, Joyce Berger of Houston, Texas, Brian Berger of Lafayette, Louisiana and Valerie Cronk of Orlando, Florida; five great-grandchildren, Allison Cronk, Aaron Cronk, Aiden Cronk, Jonathan Berger and Ruth Berger. She is also survived by a niece, two nephews and many cousins and relatives. Margaret was an inspiration and role model to many and will be missed.A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at Rock Spring Congregational Church, 5010 Little Falls Road, Arlington, VA 22207. In lieu of flowers donations can be sent to the church.