Marilyn Annette Parker Grover

Born in Sumter, she was the daughter of the late Willard McDaniel Parker and the late Juanita Anderson Parker. Marilyn was a devoted Baptist and enjoyed teaching love and the gospel to her grandkids. She enjoyed baking and decorating beautiful cakes/sweets for family and friends. Superbowl was a big tradition for her that her brother Don Parker started, no-one was allowed to miss this holiday. She would make too much food and buy out a whole squares board. Marilyn really enjoyed cruises with her family. She was always a call away for anyone who needed her no matter the circumstance. She could always be seen talking to random strangers for hours on end. She taught her family to love everyone, and to always be there for anyone who needed it.

She will be remembered as a very devoted and loving wife, mother, Crae Crae, sister and friend. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her.

Left to cherish her memory are her loving husband, William B. Grover; Two sons, Eric Sorenson and wife Kyndall Sorenson and William Alexander Grover; Three Daughters, Sharon Anderson, April Bolivar and her husband Patrick Bolivar, Mary Grover and her fiancée Christopher Lee; a sister-in-law, Evelyn Parker and seven grandchildren, Heather Perry, Michael Singletary, Adrian Bouchard, Chloe Bolivar, Madison Bolivar, Nicholas Lee, and Keegan Finnley Sorenson.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by, four brothers, James Parker, Don Parker, Allen Parker, and Russell Parker and two sisters, Martha Ann Geddings and Sylvia Avins.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, January 13, 2023, at 12:00 pm in the Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel with the Rev. Kenneth Griffin officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service, from 11:00 am -12:00 pm at the funeral home.

In celebration of Marilyn’s love for animals, in lieu of flowers the family asks that any donations be made to Pawmetto Lifeline in her memory. Online donations can be made at pawmettolifeline.org and referencing Marilyn Grover in the donation field. Checks can be made out and mailed to Pawmetto Lifeline, c/o: Memorials for Marilyn Grover, 1275 Bower Parkway, Columbia, SC, 29212.

Memories may be shared at www.dunbarfunerals.com.