Ethel “Pete” Marr, 80, of Cleveland, Tennessee, passed away Friday, February 12, 2016 in a local hospital.
She was of the Baptist faith. She was a Red Cross Volunteer at Park Ridge Hospital for 15 years. She was known as a great cook and was famous for her homemade biscuits.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Marr; her mother, Ora Hipps; her father, Oliver Howard; her step-father, Clinton Hipps; sisters, Kathleen Mullinax; and brothers, Dewey Howard, Paul Howard and Elmer Brackett.
Survivors include her daughter, Judy (Kester) Calfee; grandson, Mark Calfee; sister, Barbara Woods; brother, J.C. (Nancy) Hipps; several nieces and nephews; and special caregiver and “adopted son”, Jimmy Couch.
The funeral will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 15 in the chapel of Fike-Randolph & Son Funeral Home with Reverend Steve Davis officiating. Interment will follow in Hamilton Memorial Gardens with Jimmy Couch, Doug Leamon, Brian Hipps, Jerry Hipps, Michael Porter and Jack Mullinax serving as pallbearers.
Her family will receive friends on Sunday, Feb. 14 from 5-7 p.m. at Fike Funeral Home, who has charge of the arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the American Cancer Society,P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123 or https://donate.cancer.org/index.