Marie Eunice Askew

Marie Eunice Askew, 82, passed from this life into Glory on Friday, November 13, 2015, in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. She was born on September 08, 1933. Mrs. Askew was the daughter of the late William and Julia Bell Dawson, Leighton, Alabama. Marie married L.J. Askew in 1965 and they shared 49 wonderful years together. She was a member of Highland Park Baptist Church, Gideon’s International, and Sheffield Chapter #32, Order of the Eastern Star.

In addition to her beloved husband, Mrs. Askew was preceded in death by her daughter, Carol Ann Jackson, her son, Carl Fisher, stepson, Kenneth Askew, and one sister and five brothers.

Mrs. Askew is survived by her stepdaughter, Nadine Cummins of Russellville, Alabama; one sister, three brothers, one half-brother, nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren, five step grandchildren, six step-great grandchildren, 2 step great great grandchildren.

A memorial service for Mrs. Askew will be held at Highland Park Baptist Church, Muscle Shoals, Alabama on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. with Brother Brett Pitman, Brother Thomas Thornton, and Brother Bobby Amos officiating.  She will be interred beside her husband L.J. Askew in Colbert Memorial Gardens, Tuscumbia, Alabama. In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be sent to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital P.O. Box 50 Memphis, TN 38101-9929.Colbert Memorial Chapel is in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Askew.

You may sign our on line registry at www.colbertmemorial com.

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