Marilyn Jean Lemon

Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Pioneer Chapel with the Rev. Sherman Eastland officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Arrangements are by Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400 S. Bell St.

Marilyn was born Sept. 11, 1946, in Amarillo to Bud and Geraldine Jones. She married the love of her life, Lawrence “Larry” Lemon, on July 22, 1967, in Amarillo. She worked at Tascosa Drive-in Theatre, Amarillo Police Department, Amarillo College and Southwestern Public Service. She also was a librarian at Central Elementary School in Borger.

Marilyn was a kind and gentle soul who loved freely and gave from her heart. Christmas brought out a childlike excitement in her, and she spent the season spreading smiles and laughter among family, friends and strangers alike. She loved baking cookies to share, and always watched “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” when it aired on TV. Marilyn ensured every holiday and occasion was joyful and special to those with her.

Marilyn loved to crochet, read and play Nintendo. She also enjoyed watching football and the TV series “NCIS,” aka “Harmon.” Marilyn was a person who could make a friend with a single word and a smile. She had a loving family that supported her and lifted her during the darker times. Marilyn really appreciated the thoughtful gestures and support of her two sisters and her “chemo buddy” and cousin Judy Gorman. Her faith in God never wavered, even during the last dark days.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Bud Raymond Jones and Geraldine Nowita Jones, and a brother, Roy Don Jones.

Survivors include her devoted husband, Lawrence “Larry” Lemon of Amarillo; her daughter, Julie Lynn Lemon of Amarillo; two sisters, Pat Henry of Oklahoma City and Mona Hopkins of Amarillo; an aunt; a niece and numerous nephews and

cousins.

The family suggests memorials be sent to Odyssey Hospice, 6900 W. Interstate 40, Suite 150, Amarillo, TX 79106.

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