Thelma Evelyn Marcum
Mulhearn Funeral Home
West Monroe, LA
Funeral services for Thelma Evelyn Marcum, 86, of West Monroe will be held at 1:00 PM on Sunday June 29, 2008 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe with Minister Ray Geiger officiating. Interment will follow at Providence Cemetery in Pine Bluff, AR. Mrs. Marcum, born January 31, 1922 in Humphrey, AR, fell asleep in death on June 27, 2008 after a brief illness.
Her main concern in life was sharing her joy about the good news of God’s kingdom with neighbors she met in the ministry work as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She had been associated with the local congregation in West Monroe for the past 25 years.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joe and Alta Caple; and daughter, Edwina Simpson.
Survivors include her husband of 68 years, John W. Marcum; sons, Jack Marcum of Calhoun, Carroll Marcum of Lascassas, TN and Patrick Marcum of West Monroe; five grandchildren, Derek Marcum, Michael Marcum, and Jessica Croswhite, Joseph Marcum and Bryan Marcum; ten great grandchildren,; sister, Fern Smith of Santa Rosa, CA; and many loving nieces, nephews, and close friends.
Visitation will be from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Saturday at Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe.
Evelyn, though now asleep in death, looked forward to the promised resurrection in God’s kingdom arrangement.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; John 5:25, 28, 29