Pawleys Island: Margaret Tucker Dieter, 91, died Friday, January 9, 2015, at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown. Mrs. Dieter was born in Darlington on December 1, 1923, a daughter of the late Roy Hardee Tucker and Roland Jenkins Tucker. She attended public schools in Sumter, attended Columbia College, and graduated from the University of SC. Mrs. Dieter represented the state of SC with the Columbia College Choir at the National Collegiate Choir Competition and won the national title in 1941. At the University of SC, she was a member of the Kappa Delta sorority and was active in many other collegiate organizations. After graduation, Mrs. Dieter worked in New York for Eastern Air Lines. In 1945, she married Lt. Jonathan Lucas Dieter and moved to Columbia, where they lived for 25 years. In 1974, Mrs. Dieter and her family moved to Pawleys Island and lived on the island in the family home. In Columbia, Mrs. Dieter worked with interior designer Dora Gray. She was a charter member of Trenholm Road United Methodist Church, where she set up a model church kindergarten. At Pawleys Island, Mrs. Dieter was a communicant of All Saints, Waccamaw, Episcopal Church, where she was a founding member of its church school board, a member of the altar guild, and active in various other church organizations. She enjoyed tennis, golf, birding, fishing, and being involved in church activities. Mrs. Dieter was chairperson for the church sponsored "Christmas in July" event. From childhood, Mrs. Dieter was a lover of music and art. She was a member of the Georgetown Garden Club, the Daughters of the American Revolution, Winyah Chapter of Colonial Dames, where she served as regent for years, and a member of the Georgetown Memorial Hospital Women's Board. Mrs. Dieter, ASID, opened the first year-round interior design shop, "Island Interiors," at Pawleys Island in the early 1970's. Surviving are: her husband of 69 years, Jonathan Lucas Dieter, Sr. of Pawleys Island; two sons, Dr. Jonathan Lucas Dieter, Jr. (Jan) of Conway and Tucker Dieter (Kimmie) of Pawleys Island; four grandchildren, Margaret Lucas Adams (Reid) of Charleston, Jonathan William Dieter (Lauren) of Pawleys Island, Caroline Dieter Bush (Dan) of Atlanta, Ga., and Roy Tucker Dieter, Jr. of Columbia; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Joy Tucker Segars of Sumter. Funeral services will be held at three o'clock on Sunday afternoon, January 11, 2015, at The Abbey at Pawleys Island. Officiating will be The Rt. Rev. Charles H. Murphy, III, assisted by The Rt. Rev. C. FitzSimons Allison. Burial will be private. A reception will immediately follow the service at the Church. Sign a guestbook at: www.mayerfuneralhome.com. The family would like to extend special thanks to Mrs. Dieter's caregivers, Sharon Logan, Kathy Sarkis, Cathy Gavenes, DeAnna Baltenback, and Geraldine Anderson. Memorials are suggested to: The Abbey at Pawleys Island, PO Box 3999, Pawleys Island, SC 29585 or to Tidelands Community Hospice, Inc., 2591 N. Fraser St., Georgetown, SC 29440. The Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440