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Margaret Frances Queen Moran, 84, died peacefully at her home at Lakes of Litchfield in Pawleys Island, South Carolina on December 30, 2022. She was predeceased in 2009 by her husband, and the love of her life, William Charles “Bill” Moran, and by her devoted eldest child, Kevin Patrick Moran, in 2010. Margaret was the eldest child of William Elbert Queen and Ernie Faye Stollings Queen. She was born at her parents home in June 14, 1938, in Ramage, West Virginia. She attended Gauley Bridge High School in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, graduating in 1956. In June of 1959, Margaret graduated from St. Mary’s School of Nursing in Huntington, West Virginia. While attending St. Mary’s, she met Bill , who was an undergraduate at Marshall University. They fell deeply in love and married on August 24, 1959. In their early married life, Margaret and Bill moved quite often in an effort to advance Bill’s career in academia while simultaneously raising their two sons, Kevin and Tom. Margaret was a devoted wife and mother. Margaret was a radiology nurse and a surgical nurse in Baltimore, Maryland, and an OB/GYN nurse in Huntington, West Virginia and Knoxville, Tennessee. Margaret was later employed as the director of McClenaghan Place Retirement Center in Florence, SC in the 1980’s. Of all her professional roles, she most enjoyed her term as the First Lady to the President of Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina from 1992-2000. While at Lander University, Margaret served on the board of several civic organizations that served the town of Greenwood and Lander. She also had the extraordinary pleasure of living in the United Arab Emirates for several years while Bill worked with the ruling family to establish the UAE higher education accreditation system. But more than anything else, Margaret was an extraordinary caregiver, especially to Bill and Kevin, to whom she administered love and care all of their lives, but especially when they needed it most. Margaret enjoyed gardening, cooking, playing bridge, and spending time with her loving family. Margaret loved babies, especially her grandchildren, whom she would visit at least once a month even when she lived in the Middle East. She would often babysit all three of her grandchildren, spoiling them with love and affection (and thousands of Beanie Babies). Margaret is survived by her son, Tom and his wife Liz of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina who cared for Margaret when her health began to fail her. Margaret, or “Nana”, is also survived by her grandchildren Wesley Tyler Moran (Beth Ann) of Pawleys Island , Michael Paxton Moran of Greenville, South Carolina and Sarah Elizabeth Moran of Atlanta, Georgia, and her great grandchildren Henry Hutchinson “Hutch” Moran and Elizabeth Gray “Birdie” Moran, both of Pawleys Island. Margaret was very close with, and is survived by, her siblings: Peggy Queen Andrews, JD (Bernie) of Naples, Florida, Brenda Queen Thorn (Bill) of Brandywine, West Virginia and Dr. William Frederick Queen (Pat) of Martinsburg, West Virginia. Margaret also leaves behind beloved nieces and nephews Jaye Christopher Andrews (Andrea) of Dallas, Texas, Anne Andrews Hill (Steve) of Macon, North Carolina, Jeffrey David Rhodes (Victoria) of Franklin, West Virginia, Timothy Allen Rhodes of Cathedral City, California, Wesley Queen (Sarah) of Raleigh, North Carolina, Dr. Whitney Queen Spry (Mike) of Martinsburg, West Virginia, James Moran of Huntsville, Alabama, Andrew Laird Robinson of Santa Ana, California, Neal Moran Robinson of Columbus Ohio, and seventeen grand nieces and nephews. A funeral mass will be held for Margaret on January 28, 2023, at 11:00am at Precious Blood of Christ Catholic Church, 1633 Waverly Road, Pawleys Island, South Carolina, with a burial service thereafter. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the William C. and Margaret F. Moran Scholarship in care of the Lander University Foundation in Greenwood, South Carolina, or to the William C. Moran and Margaret F. Moran Scholarship in care of the Francis Marion University Foundation in Florence, South Carolina. Sign an online guestbook at www.goldfinchfuneralhome.com Goldfinch Funeral Home, Beach Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.