Esther Singer

Esther Ray Singer, age 78, of Marianna, FL, passed away on Friday, February 18, 2011, in the Marianna Health & Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Singer was born in North Carolina in 1932 to the late Homer and Ruby Merritt. She moved to Jackson County in 2000 from Maryland where she had spent many happy years being a loving wife, mother and homemaker. Mrs. Singer enjoyed spending her days sewing or reading a good book.



She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, John David Marx; her second husband, Gordon I. Singer; two sons, Edward Bruce Marx and Gilbert Ashley Marx; her brother, Homer Franklin Merritt; her sister, Willie Margaret Pearson; and her grandson, Matthew Katz.



Mrs. Singer is survived by three sons, John David Marx, Jr. and wife, Yvonne, of Steven City, VA; Joseph Donald Marx and wife, Donna, of Rockville, MD; James Daniel Marx of Ocean City, MD; three daughters: Pamela Rose Miller and husband, "Buzz", of Attapulgus, GA; Jacqueline Sue Fairbanks and husband, Wally, of Enterprise, AL; Roberts "Bobbi" Lynn Millsap and husband, Paul Boccone, of Manassas, VA; a sister, Betty Pauline Caulder and husband, Edward, of Lumberton, NC; twelve grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren and one great-granddaughter due in April.



Services for Mrs. Singer will be held at 10:30 AM on March 28, 2011, at Lewis Cemetery in Bladenboro, NC, with Bladen-Gaskins Funeral Home directing.