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DATE: TUESDAY, November 2, 1993                   TAG: 9311020220
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                LENGTH: Medium

OBIT MARSHALL, MARY HELEN

MARSHALL, Mary Helen, 63, of Blacksburg, died Sunday, October 31, 1993, after a lengthy illness. She was a native of Kentucky, a daughter of the late George Gammon and Bertha Lively Marshall. She joined Virginia Tech's Department of Clothing, Textiles and Related Art in the College of Home Economics in the Fall of 1970. Miss Marshall was an instructor and extension specialist and was instrumental in helping her college and department pass several milestones. She was promoted to assistant professor in 1976, and in 1986, became head of the department and held that position until her retirement in 1990. Miss Marshall was known for her expertise in planning, developing and implementing clothing and textiles programs, apparel design and construction, and instructional methods and materials. Throughout her career, she maintained her strong interest in and support for 4-H programs, in addition to her university commitment to extension. She last visited her college during the celebration festivities for the rededication of Wallace Hall in the Fall of 1992. She attended the tea held by the department for donors to the Oris Glisson Historic Costume and Textile Collection, which was established while she was department head. She was preceded in death by a brother, George Edward Marshall and an infant sister. Surviving are two sisters, Mildred Sellers, Longmeadow, Mass. and Ruth Carlisle, Memphis, Tenn.; brother, Bob O. Marshall, Nebo, Ky.; special niece, Millie M. Bush, Brooksville, Ky.; nephews, Edward Marshall, Mexico City, Mexico, Bobby Marshall, Bolling Green, Ky., John Sellers, Pennsylvania, Phillip Marshall, Georgia, Bobby J. Marshall, Ohio, James Lee Marshall, Kentucky, William Kay Marshall, Kentucky. Funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday, November 3, at McCoy Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Joe Maxwell officiating. Interment will follow in the Odd Fellow Cemetery, Clay, Ky. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Virginia Tech Foundation and designated for the Oris Glisson Historic Costume and Textile Collection. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at McCoy Funeral Home. 


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