TATUM, Texas — Marion Finch Uttley of Tatum, Texas, died Wednesday, July 15, 2009, in Marshall, Texas. She was 83.

Mrs. Uttley was born in Vicksburg to Robert Willis and Jessie Eugenia Loften Finch. She retired from Timsco after 25 years of service. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, where she served as a lector and Eucharistic minister and was a member of the choir, Altar Society and Catholic Daughters of America. She was a Cub Scout den mother.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Uttley Jr.; a son, Floyd Wilson Putnam Jr.; and her brothers, David Lawrence Finch and Silas Williams.

Survivors include her children, Regina Agent, Harmon Lawrence Putnam and Frankie Muse, all of Marshall, Sylvia LaVerne Rogers of Ruston, La., and John Lee Putnam of Jacksonville, Fla.; two brothers, Millard Crockett Finch Sr. of Call, Texas, and Leonard Roland Williams of Prescott, Ariz.;  18 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church with the Rev. Denzil Vithanage officiating. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 until 8 tonight at Sullivan Funeral Home in Marshall with rosary at 6 p.m.

Pallbearers will be Chuck Abbott, Jay Abbott, Danny Ray Abbott, Jay Putnam, Dustin Weaver and Michael Thurman.

Honorary pallbearers will be Wayne Agent, George Rogers, employees of Heartsway Hospice and Dr. Susan Kemp.

Memorials may be made to Heartsway Hospice or St. Joseph Catholic Church.

Online condolences may be made at www.sullivan-funeralhome.com