Dr. Margaret Staggers, a former emergency physician who served in the West Virginia House of Delegates, died Thursday at the age of 80. Dr. Staggers was the daughter of Congresssman Harley Orrin Staggers Sr., who authored the Staggers Rail Act of 1980. Dr. Staggers served as a delegate to the 1976 Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York City. She was elected as a Fayette County representative to West Virginia’s House of Delegates in 2006, serving there from 2007-2014. Staggers’ medical background led her to become an emergency room physician at the Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. In a release, Governor Patrick Morissey said “West Virginia has lost a dedicated public servant. A physician and member of the House of Delegates, Dr. Margaret Staggers devoted her life to caring for others and serving the people of West Virginia”