of Little Rock, AR

May 23, 1926 - January 17, 2020

Marilyn Brown Austin, 93, passed away peacefully on January 17, 2020, at Parkway Village Nursing Home in Little Rock.

Marilyn was born on May 23, 1926, in Shirley, Arkansas. The daughter of William Troy ''Bill'' and Marie Hensley Brown. Marilyn graduated from Arkansas State Teachers College in 1951. She began her career as an educator in her hometown of Shirley and retired from the Little Rock school system having worked at the Arkansas School for the Blind and Pulaski Heights Middle School.

Marilyn was preceded in death by her husband of fifty years, James E. Austin in 2000.

She is survived by two sisters, Barbara Van Dyke (Bob) of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Marsha Hensley of Tulsa, Oklahoma; two nieces, Regan and Holly; one great-niece, Taylor; two great-nephews, Tyler and Blake and one great-great-nephew Laythe. She loved her church family at Little Rock First Church of the Nazarene and was active in teaching bible studies for many years.

A funeral service will be held on at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 22, 2020, at the Roller-Chenal Funeral Home Chapel. A visitation will be held one hour prior to service in the chapel. Burial will follow the funeral service at Edgewood Cemetery in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

The family would like to express gratitude to the staff of Parkway Village Nursing Home and Baptist Health Hospice.

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