Obituary of Edna Marshall

Services for Edna Marshall, Sr, 71, Troup, are scheduled for 1:00 pm, Monday, December 22, at the Cottle Funeral Home chapel, Troup with the Reverend Lester Foreman officiating. Burial will be in the Pinecrest Cemetery, Troup. Mrs. Marshall died Thursday, December 18, 2008 at her residence. She was born February 8, 1937, in San Angelo to the late Millard C. And Hazel Nettie Burrell McGaughey. She had been a resident of Troup for the past 30 years. She married John Wade Marshall in Kyle, Texas July 8, 1953 and he preceded her in death on August 6, 2008. Edna's love of life was her family. Edna and her husband spent many wonderful days playing card/board games and watching movies. They were most happy when all the family would gather at their pretty country home on weekends and holidays for meals and fellowship. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, John Wade Marshall, Jr. and Nellie Marshall, Whitehouse and Keith and Angela Marshall, Garland; two daughters and sons-in-law, Cindy Ann and Joel W. Starkey, Gallatin and Linda Foreman and William Foreman, Sr., Jacksonville; a brother and sister-in-law, James and Paula McGaughey, Houston; a sister and brother-in-law, Geraldine and Buster Hash, Abilene; seven grandchildren, John C. Marshall, Steven Starkey, Kyle Starkey, Cameron Starkey, William Foreman, Jr., Lisa Marshall and Amy Foreman; three great-grandchildren, Lucy Marshall, Eliza Saul, and Steven T. Starkey; and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be John C. Marshall, Steven Starkey, Kyle Starkey, Cameron Starkey, and William Foreman, Jr. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Sunday, December 21.