LAKE CITY, Fla. (BNc) — Marion Ann Exum, wife of the late Jack Exum Sr., passed away Sunday, June 13, at 5:15 a.m.

“She will be missed very much,” wrote Jack Exum Jr. “She suffered almost two years with Altzheimer’s Disease before her death. Now she is in a far better place.”

Funeral services are to be held in Lake City at the Gateway Forest Lawn Funeral Home, Sunday the 20th, at 3 p.m., with Jack Exum Jr., presiding.

The family is requesting that in place of flowers, that a donation be made in her honor to New Horizon church of Christ, P.O. Box 962, Lake City, FL 32025.

The Exums had been married for 61 years. Jack Sr. was a well-known minister and author.

People can watch the funeral on the internet at http://gatewayforestlawn.tzo.com.

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