Marilyn Kay Cummins

Funeral service for Marilyn Kay Cummins will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 20, 2017 at the Inola First United Methodist Church. Pastor Max Adams will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Inola Funeral Home & Crematory.

The daughter of Joe Frank and Maxine Cupp Cummins was born August 7, 1948 in Inola. She attended Inola schools where she enjoyed playing on the basketball team. In 1966 she graduated Inola High School.

As a young lady Marilyn enjoyed participating in many pageants. There was Inola’s annual Hay Day event, where she was crowned Hay Day Queen. Then there was the FFA events where she was crowned FFA Sweetheart. She was very proud of all her pageant wins, but being crowned Mrs. Tulsa State Fair, Fairest of the Fair was one of her proudest pageant wins.

After graduation Marilyn moved to Tulsa. There she began her working career. She worked many years in the aviation industry for American Airlines and Sabra. However, most recently she had been working as a substitute teacher in Jenks.

In her spare time Marilyn loved spending time at home, singing in the choir, cooking all her favorite meals from scratch, and taking care of her beloved cat Angel. She also always enjoyed the times she got to spend with her family and friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Joe and Maxine Cummins.

Survivors include her daughter, Tawnya Kay Martin; brothers, Garlyn Cummins and wife Dorothy, Ronnie Cummins and wife JoAnn, Donnie Cummins and wife Cindy; nephews, Jeff Cummins, Brent Cummins, nieces, Renee Cummins Davenport, and Shawna Cummins Keith, great-nephews, Garrett, Will and Aaron Cummins, and Seth Keith; great-neices, Kaitlyn, Hannah, Mollee, and MaryBeth Cummins, and Kaitlyn and Makaila Keith, and special friend, Bill Spiegel, along with many other cousins and extended family.

View and sign Marilyn’s online memorial at www.mmsfuneralhomes.com