Class of 1946
1946 Maroon Spotlight
Marion Bobbitt
Red Hots, ’43-’46; Cheer Leader, ’44-’45; Band, ’40-’41; Glee Club, ’43-’44; Football Queen Attendant, ’43; Band Queen Attendant, ’42-’43; Perryscope Staff, ’45-’46; Annual Staff, ’45-’46; Office Staff, ’43-’45; Junior Play, ’44.
1946 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Marion Bobbitt is the 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Bobbitt of 512 Sixth street. She was born May 6, 1928, in Sand Springs, and attended grade school there before moving to Perry.
Marion belong to Kappa Teen and has been in the Red Hots since 1943. She took part in both junior and senior class plays and sang with the glee club in 1943-44. After graduation she plans to go to college.
Marion Faye (Bobbitt) Kelley
May 6, 1928 – June 7, 2003
Marion Kelley, 75, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Clifford Thomas and Ella Bechtold Bobbitt. She was born May 6, 1928, in Sand Springs, Oklahoma and died at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 7, 2003, at Perry Memorial Hospital.
Marion attended Oklahoma AM at Stillwater. On February 8, 1948, she and Calvin Kelley were married at Stillwater, Oklahoma. She moved to the Perry community from Sand Springs 65 years ago.
Marion was affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. She was a homemaker who had been employed as a school cafeteria worker and at Wal-Mart. She was a volunteer at Operation Blessing of Perry.
In addition to her husband, Calvin, Marion is survived by one son, Ed Kelley, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; two daughters, Roberta Hodge, Lilburn, Georgia, and Jeannie Sullins, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; one brother, Charles Bobbitt, Dewey, Oklahoma; two sisters, Carol Ritthaler, Elk City, Oklahoma, and Pauline Goad, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and seven grandchildren.
Her mother and father preceded her in death.
Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at Grace Hill Cemetery. Rev. Steve Smith will officiate. Memorials may be made to Operation Blessing.