Marion Clement Callan attended Shades Valley High School and the University of Alabama. She married and had two sons, Randall Thomas Wright and Robert Eugene Wright. Marion took an active part in her son's schooling, church and community affairs. She was awarded “Outstanding PTA President of the Year” while serving in that capacity at her son's school. She was chosen for this top award from eighty other presidents in the state. Under her leadership, Edgewood School was awarded the highest honor presented to a school by the State of Alabama, “The State Citizenship Award,” and also a “Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania” award, a national award presented to outstanding schools around the nation. Marion believed in children having the opportunity to cultivate a love of the arts and constantly strived to broaden and enlighten them through knowledge and participation of the arts. Through this endeavor, Edgewood school received the highly coveted “Cultural Arts Award,” presented by the State of Alabama to the one school in the state that provided the most encouragement and exposure of the arts to the children.
Marion was a Sunday School and Vacation Bible School Teacher for eleven years. She was a choir member and held many offices in church endeavors. As a choir soloist, she received a voice scholarship to the Conservatory of Music in Birmingham. Marion was also a Boy Scout den mother for two years, co-chairman of the annual “Fourth of July Parade”, a block parent organizer, and an officer of Driftwood Garden Club. A member of Sophisticates (a social club), and a member of the Florida Woman's Symphony, and was also active in legislation and tax issues for the community.
Marion and her family moved to Winter Park in 1972 where she continued to be active in her church, school and community. She became employed by Lisa Maile of Lisa Maile Professional Image, Modeling and Acting School, and made many new friends through the modeling and acting industry. She had previous experience in modeling in Birmingham when she was younger, and at Lisa Maile's encouragement, became active again at 50 years of age. She became involved in television, industrial films, print work, Home Shopping Network, convention and informal modeling and runway modeling for leading local and state department stores.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father Freda D, and Marion L Clement of Birmingham, two sisters; Marcia Clement Hildebrand of Phoenix AZ, Patricia Clement Dunning of Los Alamos NM, and her 2 sons, Robert Eugene Wright and Randall Thomas Wright of Orlando.
Marion is survived by her loving husband Howard S. Callan, stepson; Dana Callan and wife Karen, and their two children: Seth and Sawyer, step daughter; Carie Callan Lopatka, husband Michael and their sons: Jarrod and Cameron. Marion loved and felt so close to her stepchildren that she always said that her stepson Dana and her stepdaughter Carie must have been born to her in another life. Nieces; Nancy of Albuquerque, NM, Lola and Judy of Kingman, AZ. Also a dear and loving close family friend, Lori, who she also loved as a daughter. Marion loved her toy poodle Suzie for 17 years and Randy's adopted cat, Civic is also a loved member of the family.
Marion will be sorely missed by all her relatives and many friends. She was a kind, loving, generous, caring and beautiful person who was a delight to be with.
Marion was a member of College Park Baptist Church now called Church on the Drive.
A celebration of life service will be held on September 8th at 4p.m. at Church on the Drive.
Marion wishes for the celebration of life, and requested that everyone wear bright colored clothes. Contributions may be made to the Leukemia Society in lieu of flowers.
Please come and share your memories of Marion with us.
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