Funeral services for Marijon Hinton Echols, 79, of Choudrant, LA, will be held at Alabama Presbyterian Church in Choudrant, LA, on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at 10:00 am. Officiating will be Rev. Allison Moody. Interment will follow at Sibley Cemetery in Choudrant, LA. Visitation will be held at Alabama Presbyterian Church Family Life Center on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm.
Marijon was an administrator at Rosemont in West Monroe and Arbor and Terrace of Ruston. In more recent years, she was a caregiver to many of her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was a lifetime member at Alabama Presbyterian Church. She loved her dogs like no other.
She is preceded in death by her parents John Malcolm Hinton, Jr, and Mary Omega Ballinger Hinton.
Left to cherish her memories is her husband of 52 years Roy Echols of Choudrant, Malcolm Echols and wife Melissa of Choudrant, Meredith Smalling and husband Cory, of Downsville, honorary son, Sam Hughes. Grandchildren are Chelsey Garner and husband Anthony, Chase Echols, Codey Smalling and wife Kelsey, and Cooper Smalling; great grandchildren Abigail, Ashtyn, Crew, and Caroline; Sister, Hilda Bishop and husband Phil of Woodstock, GA: niece Kimberly Klock and husband Christopher, and their children Charlie and Trinity; sister in law Carole Aston and husband Brian and their children Haley, Taylor and Josh: Nephew, Shane Echols and Wife Carmen, and their children Jack and Katie, and niece Amy Allen and husband Shannon and their children Austin and Ethan, as well as numerous other family members and friends.
Serving as pallbearers are Danny Chisholm, Curtis Johnson, Jr., Ted Dubose, Sam Hughes, Shane Echols, and Keith McClelland. Honorary Pallbearers are her grandsons.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Alabama Presbyterian Church at 2091 LA Highway 145, Choudrant, LA 71227.
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