Marie Ann McSparrin

A Life Remembered… Marie was born in Somerville, Tennessee and later moved with her family to Mississippi. Marie grew up farming where she learned to value hard work. She turned down a scholarship and college to go to work for her family. She eventually moved to the big city of Memphis and started her career in the auto parts industry. Marie met Gene McSparrin at a USO dance. With her marriage, she inherited 2 daughters and a military life that eventually led her to Pensacola where she became a member of First Baptist Church of Cantonment and eventually retired from the auto parts industry. She loved her time painting with her friends as well as socializing with her Red Hatters and Merry Makers. Marie had an adventurous spirit that continued into her retirement. She cruised the Caribbean, ziplined in Honduras and swam with the dolphins in Mexico. Marie also parasailed with her daughter and went tubing on the Blackwater River with her granddaughters. Marie never met a stranger and always had a story to tell. She invested herself in the lives of others, was funny and loved by all. Marie truly lived a life of loving kindness to everyone. Marie Ann McSparrin, 85 of Pensacola, stepped into the arms of Jesus on November 26, 2023. She had been traveling, arrived home, and after a brief illness, passed peacefully. She was known by some as “Lady Ree”. But family, and even some friends called her grandma. She was known to her nieces & nephews as “Aunt Ree”, and most recently as “GG” to her newest great granddaughter. Marie was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Eugene McSparrin; parents, Lawson and Mattie Youngblood; siblings, Annie Mae Shelton, Ruby Villie Dowd, Riley Youngblood, Ruth Todd, Bennie Frank Youngblood, Andrew Youngblood, Jane Dolan, Willie Frank Youngblood, Fay Hinson, and Malcolm Youngblood. She will be dearly missed and remembered by her daughters Debra McSparrin and Crystal McCartie (Tim); sisters, Louise Davis, Barbara Todd and Beverly Wright (Curtis); 4 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; and a multitude of nieces and nephews and cherished friends. A Celebration of Life ceremony will be held Tuesday, December 5th at 2:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Cantonment. The family will receive friends at the church, prior to the service, at 1:00 p.m. Faith Chapel Funeral Home North, 1000 South Highway 29, Cantonment, is entrusted with arrangements. You may express condolences online at www.fcfhs.com.

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Marie Ann McSparrin

May 17, 1938 - November 26, 2023