Margaret Compton Bounds

August 20, 1937 - June 10, 2017

Margaret C. Compton Bounds 79, of Port St Lucie, Fla, formerly of Elkins, W.Va, passed away Saturday June 10, 2017 at Treasure Coast Hospice House, Fort Pierce Fla. She was born August 20, 1937 at Montrose, W.Va a daughter of the late Edward Ray Compton and Vita Poling Compton Kelley. In addition to her parents she was preceeded in death by her maternal grandmother Emma C Poling, step father Elim H Kelley, sister and brother in law Mary Lea and Johnny Nelson, sister in law Ellen Conrad Compton and niece Barbara Susan Nelson. She was a 1955 graduate of Elkins High School and a former member of the Woodford Memorial United Methodist Church, where she played the piano and organ for a number of years. She was a registered nurse, licensed in Maryland and Florida and her career was devoted to geriatrics. She worked at number of nursing homes in Maryland and Florida. She was also director of nursing at several facilities. Survivors include her husband of sixty years J. Robert Bounds, her children Robert E Bounds of Mirmara, Fla, Rachel Fabrizio and husband John of Davenport, Fla.,and Daniel P Bounds of Arnold, Md, 8 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren, a brother Hubert P Compton of Huntington, W.Va and several nieces and nephews, A committal service with be conducted at 2:00 pm Saturday, October 14, 2017 at the Leading Creek Primitive Baptist Cemetery at Montrose, W.Va . This announcement is a courtesy of the Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins for Margaret C. Compton Bounds.