Franklin – Jacqueline Bryant "Jackie" McGhee, 81, passed away February 20, 2017 at Southampton Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. McGhee was a native of Southampton County and was a daughter of the late Jack and Kate Coggsdale Bryant. She was predeceased by her husband of 57 years, Robert Gilliam McGhee, three sisters, Janie Griffin, Evelyn Howard and Gladys Whalin and two nephews, Ernest Griffin and Jimmy Griffin.

Jackie was a member of Franklin Congregational Christian Church where she kept the nursery for many years. She retired as the office manager of the Insurance Department at Southampton Memorial Hospital. Prior to that she was the office manager for twenty five years for the OBGYN Physicians in Franklin.

Left to cherish her memory are two daughters, Terry M. Blythe (Danny Ray Drake), Allison M. Duck (Ed Marks), two sisters, Barbara Babb (Ralph) and Irma Howard, a devoted son-in-law, Glen Duck, six grandchildren, Courtney B. Jackson (Jeff), Kirstin B. Riddle (Stephen), Chelsea B. Garner (Shawn), Jackie D. Richards (Cody), Megan E. Duck and R. Benjamin Duck, four great grandchildren, Chase and Elani Jackson, Gilly Riddle and Letty Garner and many loved nieces and nephews.

A funeral will be conducted at 2PM Friday February 24, 2017 at the Franklin Congregational Christian Church with the Rev. James H. Hyatt, Jr. officiating. The burial will follow at Poplar Spring Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church fellowship hall following the burial and suggests memorial donations be made to the Franklin Congregational Christian Church or the Alzheimer's Association, 6350 Center Drive, Suite 102, Norfolk Va. 23502. www.wrightfuneralhome.org