When Margaret Twiggs was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, her funeral was attended by the cream of Augusta's political and social elite -- many of whom had felt the stings from her Sunday column and daily news stories.

She died April 23, 1995, at age 76. Her last column had appeared March 31, 1994. She had begun her career in 1941 at $12 a week with The Chronicle as society editor before reporting the news. Her long career saw her interviewing such luminaries as Richard Nixon, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan and the Duke of Windsor.

During World War II, while working with the American Red Cross, she was among the first to see the horrors of liberated German concentration camps.

Before retiring as the Augusta Herald's county government reporter in 1984, many readers considered her the voice of the voiceless. She believed with all her heart and soul that government business was the public's business.