Queen Margaret Diggs

Queen Margaret Diggs was born July 13, 1947 in Queens, New York. On January 25, 2021 Queen traveled home to be with the Lord. She was the third child of proud parents William Diggs III of Mobile Alabama and Bernice Maxine Bailey Diggs of Chester, Virginia. Queen accepted the Lord in her life at an early age while attending Our lady of Lourdes in Harlem, New York. She later went on to Julia Richman High School where her interest and love for helping people peaked. Immediately after graduation she attended nursing school on Roosevelt Island, NYC where she obtained the first of her many degrees and licenses. Queen graduated from Mercy College in New York where she obtained a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Nursing. Early in her career Queen worked in many specialties but her love for helping others and her better understanding of the special needs of the elderly moved her toward a career in gerontology. In the last twenty year of Queen’s career, her passion for the elderly exceeded the norm because she understood her Godly mission to look after the elderly, to educate, and to inspire others to do the same. Queen also had a special kind of love and understanding for young people too. Everyone who knew her would often joke about how patient she was with seniors and young people. It was those in between that she found least tolerable. Yes, Queen was a no-nonsense person! Everyone who knew her respected her serious persona. However, it was always transparent to her family and close friends that behind her serious demeanor there was a teary eyed gentle giant! While in nursing school Queen later met David Noble (from Harlem, by way of Georgia). In 1967 they were married and traveled abroad for several years. Later as God would have it, they produced the love of both of their lives Trina Noble (McInnis). While Queen was born in Queens, she grew up in Harlem. In 1965 the family moved to the Bronx and since then no matter where she lived e.g. New Jersey, Germany, or Virginia she always believed and considered herself “A Bronx Girl Living in Another World". She loved the Bronx and raised her daughter Trina there. However, in the final season of her life's journey she moved to Chester, Virginia, a county rooted in generational history, the home place of her ancestry that she loved whole souled. It was here in Chester, Virginia that she being the oldest matriarch of the Diggs family was able to create a lasting legacy for her son in law Lavelle, her daughter Trina, and her grandchildren Karine and Mathew that will last forever… Queen Margaret Diggs is preceded in death by her parents William Diggs III and Bernice Maxine Bailey Diggs, brother: John Allen, sisters: Janet Diggs Henderson and Patricia Diggs Spellman. She leaves to cherish her memory her daughter Trina McInnis, son in-law Lavalle McInnis, grandchildren Karine Bethea and Mathew McInnis, sisters Barbara Waller, Lottie Stanich, Willa Stovall and brother William Diggs as well as a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

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Queen Margaret Diggs

July 13, 1947 - January 25, 2021