Memorials › Ashley Estelle Durrett Marcum
Ashley Estelle Durrett Marcum
3 Oct 1916 – 19 Apr 1994
| Birth | 3 Oct 1916 |
| Death | 19 Apr 1994 |
| Cemetery | Memorial Park Cemetery Muskogee , Muskogee County , Oklahoma , USA |
| Added by | ItsQueenB on 29 Jan 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209694717 |
Bio
Ashley Estelle Durrett Marcum, one of the founders of the Sallisaw Education Foundation, died Tuesday, April 19, 1994, at her home. Mrs. Marcum was born October 3, 1916, in Floydada, Texas, to Leslie and Harriet Elizabeth Coalson Durrett. She married Andrew Marcum on July 12, 1947, in Corvallis, Oregon. She is survived by her husband, Andrew "Andy" of the home; two daughters, Linda Baker of Topeka, Kansas, and Mary Evans of Ada; a son, Paul B. Marcum of Tulsa; two brothers, John E. Durrett of Oklahoma City and Hugh C. Durrett of Tahlequah; and three grandchildren. She attended Murray State College in Ardmore until the outbreak of Wold War II, when she went to Wichita where she worked at Boeing on the B-29 Superfortress. In 1953, she moved to Muskogee where she worked for the Muskogee Welfare Association in their office and in their day-care facility. While there she taught the Wedding Ring Sunday School class at St. Paul United Methodist Church until she moved to Sallisaw in 1970. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Sallisaw. She was also an accomplished seamstress and was a partner with Ann Bottorff in a fabric store known as "Quality Fabrics" in Sallisaw. She served as board member on the Eastern Oklahoma District Library, representing the City of Sallisaw for six years. Mrs. Marcum was also a contributor to the Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library System in Sallisaw and treasurer for the Sallisaw Education Foundation until 1993. She remained a trustee of the foundation until her death.
Photos
Family
Parents
Spouse
Siblings
Export GEDCOM
This person only · Entire connected family