Marlon “Marge” Hutcheson Pounders, age 85, of Muscle Shoals, formerly of Phil Campbell, passed away Sunday, April 2, 2023. She was a Christian and a member of Valley Grove Baptist Church.
Mrs. Pounders is survived by her daughter, Joann Sparks (Terry Howard); stepchildren, Barry Pounders (Joyce), Sherry Oden; step son-in-law, Joey Wimberley; siblings, Audra Lee Watson, Voncile Davis, and Odis Hutcheson; grandson, Shawn Sparks (Lindsay); step grandchildren, April Seay (Shane), Michael Pounders (Kristan), Andy Pounders, Jered Oden (Kristy), and Justin Wimberley (Ashton); great-grandchildren, Sierra, Hunter and Emmerson Sparks; step great-grandchildren, Addison and Hadley Oden, Elizabeth Pounders, and Ella Blayke and Dax Wimberley.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Orval Pounders; parents, Thomas Jefferson and Minnie Mae Hutcheson; siblings, Gladys Hutcheson, Ima Jean Wood, Julia Vinson, Owen Hutcheson, Norman Hutcheson, Lowell Hutcheson, Wallace Hutcheson, Lou Ray Hutcheson, Janice Holcomb; stepdaughter, Belinda Wimberley; and step son-in-law, Joey Oden.
Visitation will be held on Friday, April 7, 2023, at Pinkard Funeral Home of Russellville from 12:30 PM-2:00 PM. The funeral will follow at 2:00 PM in the Chapel. Bros. Greg Beasley, James McCullar, and Dennis Steward officiating.
Interment will be in Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery, Hwy 81, Phil Campbell, Alabama 35581.
Pallbearers will be Shawn Sparks, Hunter Sparks, Terry Howard, Tommy Hutcheson, Andy Pounders, Donny J. Sparks. Honorary pallbearers will be Alan Smith.
As an expression of sympathy, donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, in memory of Marge.
Pinkard Funeral Home of Russellville assisted the family.
