The Life of Marylou McDaniel
February 19, 1947 – March 13, 2009
Marylou McDaniel was born in Evansville, Indiana on February 19, 1947 to O.K. and Mildred Blue. When Marylou was two years old, they moved to Russellville, Kentucky where she began making her first of many friends. After graduating from Russellville High School, she attended the University of Tennessee Knoxville where she made many lifetime friends. It was there that she met Dale in 1966 and they were married June 28, 1969. They moved to Rosemark and gained many more precious friends.
Marylou began her long teaching career at Tipton-Rosemark Academy in 1970. She loved her calling of teaching and of serving as elementary coordinator. Over the years she taught Bible, art and the third grade. She was also dedicated to teaching Sunday school at her church. In recent years, Marylou also served as the Advisor to the TRA Alumni Association.
Marylou and Dale had three girls: Katie in 1974, Bebe in 1976, and Meg in 1979. Marylou exemplified Christ’s love to them through her sacrificial love, her dedication to her calling, her emphasis on God’s word and prayer and her joy in the Lord.
Marylou is preceded in death by her father O.K. Blue. She leaves her mother Mildred Blue, her husband Dale McDaniel, her “mother-in-love” Alvania McDaniel, her daughters and their husbands, Katie and Ryan Hughes, Bebe and Keith Wilder, Meg and Brian Ford, and seven grandchildren, Emma Kate Wilder, Porter Hughes, Anna Wilder, Will Hughes, Maley Ford, Daniel Wilder and Buck Ford.
Memorials may be sent to Richland ARP Church or Tipton-Rosemark Academy.
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.” - Proverbs 3:5-6
