M. Marie Houston (Hearon) passed from this life to the next on May 11, 2020, at her home in Bakersfield California at the age of 60. Marie was born on January 24th, 1960 in Shafter, California, and was raised in Hemet before spending the majority of her life in Bakersfield. Marie served her community with creativity and passion as an Art, Journalism, and Multimedia teacher at Thompson Jr. High school for nearly 30 years, touching the lives of many students with her quick wit, compassion, and generosity. She enjoyed creating vibrant art as well as collecting strange and unique pieces. She has been reunited with her father William Ray, and her mother Norma Maxine, and her daughter, Kelsey Ann Marie in Heaven. Marie is survived by her two daughters, Brianna Kendle and McKenzie Adriance, her sister Rhonda Cleeland, her brother Mark Hearon, and her grandchildren, Henry, Amelia, and Moira, to whom she was known as Mimi.
Marie was loved and cherished by many and will be greatly and terribly missed.