Margaret Jewel Kersting, 68, passed away March 10, 2018 in Dacula, Georgia. She was born September 24, 1949 in Wharton, Texas to George and Dorothy Reid. Margaret graduated from Wharton High School in 1968 and attended Sam Houston State University from 1968-1969. She then married Christopher Kersting on June 25, 1977 in Houston, Texas.

Margaret had lived in Texas, Indiana, Oregon and Georgia and was an avid collector of scenic Texas Landscapes and Vistas by Texas artists. She also enjoyed traveling and antique gun collecting with her husband Chris. Margaret was a devoted mother and doting grandmother who will be sorely missed by her family and others who had the pleasure to have know her.

Margaret is preceded in death by her husband Christopher Edward Kersting. She is survived by sons Craig Linn Kersting and wife Susan Glenn Kersting of Sugar Land, TX., Coleman James Nelson and wife Kaitlin Mayne Nelson of Kerrville, TX., Clayton Reid Kersting and wife Heather Gordy Kersting of Winder, GA. and Colton Kersting of Dacula, GA., daughter Kimberly Kersting Nowell and husband Kenneth Brandon Nowell of Dacula, GA., sister Jean Reid Severn and husband Harry F. Severn, Jr. of Austin, TX., brother George Pierce Reid “Geep” and wife Cynthia White Reid of Austin, TX. and grandchildren Hope Kizziah, Chase Kersting, Cameron Kersting, Lauren Kersting, Briley Nelson, Piper Nelson, Cooper Kizziah, and Christopher Nowell.

Family will receive friends on Sunday, March 18, 2018 from 1-3pm at Crowder Funeral Home, 1645 East Main Street, League City, Texas 77573. Services will be held March 19, 2018, Monday at 1:00pm at Houston National Cemetery Chapel, 10410 Veterans Memorial Dr., Houston, TX. 77038.

Memorials may be sent to the American Heart Association, 10900-B Stonelake Blvd. Suite 320, Austin, TX 78759 or made at https://donatenow.heart.org/.