Marylu Stewart Lloyd

On Thursday, February 1, 2007, Marylu Stewart Lloyd passed away at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina, surrounded by her family. She will be sorely missed by all who knew her. She was born December 7, 1923 in Ironton, Ohio, to Joseph Wagoner Stewart and Elizabeth Handley Stewart and grew up close to Cadmus, Ohio in southeastern Ohio. She excelled in school, graduating at age 16. A year after graduation she moved to Huntington, WV and attended Huntington Business College where she received a degree. She moved to Gallipolis, Ohio, but worked across the Ohio River in Point Pleasant, WV during WW II. In May, 1946 she met the love of her life, Wendell Eugene Lloyd, who was returning from his WW II assignments in the US Navy. They married on December 22, 1946 and celebrated over 58 years of marriage before Wendell’s passing in 2005. Marylu was devoted to her family, spending countless hours on her children’s activities. She never met a stranger and was a very gracious host, entertaining hundreds of friends in her home for over 50 years. She was very active in numerous charitable, church and civic organizations. Wendell and Marylu shared a full life of family, friends, music, golf, bridge, and parties while living in Michigan, Washington, Texas, Ohio, and for the last thirteen years on the Atlantic coastline in the little town of Emerald Isle, North Carolina. She will be sorely missed by her five children--John Lloyd and his wife Sue of The Woodlands, TX; Susan Vogel and her husband Steve of Rock Hill, SC; Wendy Buechele and her husband Bill of Ft. Worth, TX; Katie Hill of Troy, Michigan; and Melinda Bradley and her husband Thad of Rock Hill, SC; as well as her grandchildren, Tom Lloyd and wife Andrea, Christopher Lloyd, David, Dan and John Vogel, Bryant and Claire Buechele, Beth and Jenny Hill, and Joe, Tommy and Stewart Bradley; great grandchildren, Madeline and Isabella Lloyd; sister-in-laws Betty Ann Stewart and Marilyn Donaldson; brother-in-law Don Gothard; and numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews . She will also be missed by countless friends she stayed in contact with through her 83 years of life. Marylu was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and one brother Paul Stewart. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at 11:00 AM at Willis Funeral Home with Bob Hood officiating. Burial will follow at Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends and family may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9 PM, Tuesday, February 6, 2007. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Tom and Christopher Lloyd, David, Dan and John Vogel, Bryant Buechele, and Joe and Tommy Bradley. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made in Marylu's name to the American Diabetes Association or to the Swansboro United Methodist Church, 665 West Corbett Avenue, Swansboro, North Carolina 28584. Willis Funeral Home Gallipolis OH US Cemetery: 2007-02-07 Ohio Valley Memory Gardens Gallipolis OH US Visitation: 2007-02-06 18:00:00-21:00:00 Willis Funeral Home Gallipolis OH US Service: 2007-02-07 11:00:00 Willis Funeral Home Gallipolis OH US