Mrs. Marianne Rose (Roman) Eddins Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

MARIANNE R. EDDINS (JANUARY 11, 1940 - APRIL 24, 2019) MARIANNE ROSE (ROMAN) EDDINS, 79, WAS BORN ON JANUARY 11, 1940 IN FLUSHING, NEW YORK, AND PASSED AWAY PEASABLY AT HER HOME ON KING LANE, PERDIDO, ALABAMA AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A BELOVED WIFE OF JAMES C. EDDINS FOR MORE THAN 51 YEARS, AND SISTER OF JAMES ROMAN WHO RESIDES IN HUNTINGTON STATION, NEW YORK. MARIANNE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. MARIANNE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER LOVING PARENTS, FATHER CLARENCE A. ROMAN AND MOTHER ANNE ROMAN OF PORT JERVIS, NEW YOUR. HER MOTHER, MRS. ANNIE ROMAN, RESIDED IN ATMORE, ALABAMA FOR MANY YEARS. MARIANNE WORKED FOR IBM CORPORATION FOR MANY YEARS WHEN SHE MET JIM EDDINS, ALSO AN IBM EMPLOYEE IN 1966. SHE MOVED TO GLEN ARM, MARYLAND, AND IBM BALTIMORE WHEN SHE AND JIM MARRIED JANUARY 26, 1968. In 1971, MARIANNE AND JIM MOVED TO ALABAMA WHERE MARIANNE ENROLLED AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA TO STUDY CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY. SHE GRADUATED CUM LAUDE AS A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE JUNE 2,1974 MARIANNE WORKED FOR THE BALDWIN COUNTY COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH THE FIRST MOSQUITO CONTROL PROJECT IN BALDWN COUNTY, ALABAMA. MARIANNE WORKED WITH JIM EDDINS IN ESABLISHING A 50 AC MUSCADINE VINEYARD IN PERDIDO, ALABAMA IN 1972 AND A 100,000 GAL WINERY, DESIGNATED, BONDED WINERY –ALABAMA - NO 1. MARIANNE’S WAS MORE THAN A WINEMAKER, AND SHE WORKED IN VARIOUS OTHER OCCUPATIONS AS A RURAL MAIL CARRIER IN BAY MINETTE, COMPUTER, DATA PROCESSING AND ACCOUNTING WORK AT THE ATMORE HOSPITAL, RANDAL NICHOLS CPA, MEMORIAL GARDENS CEMETERY IN MOBILE, INSTRUCTOR IN DATA ENTRY FOR ADULT EDUCATION AT FAULKNER STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WSRE-TV IN PENSACOLA. MARIANNE DEVOTED MANY YEARS TO ORGANIZE AND MANAGE AARP TAX SERVICES IN MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES, SERVE VOLUNTARYILY AT THE NORTH BALDWIN ANIMAL SHELTER, THE LITERACY COUNCIL, MOBILE AND PENSACOLA OPERAS. SHE ACTIVELY SUPPORTED LITTLE THEATER IN PENSACOLA, ATMORE GECA, SHAKESPEARE THEARTER IN MONTGOMERY, CHICKASAW THEATER GROUP. AND NUMBEROUS OTHER CIVIC, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS. SHE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE BALDWIN COUNTY DEMORATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND MANY LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS. MARIANNE WAS KIND AND GENEROUS WITH HER TIME, ENERGY, AND MONEY TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED, FRIENDS AND STRANGERS ALIKE. ROUTINELY SHE WOULD DONATE MONEY TO VICTIMS OF MISFORTUNES AND DISEASE. OR TO SUPPORT AND MENTOR YOUNG PERSONS IN EDUCATION. IN TRIBUTE TO MARIANNE, A SWEET, MUSCADINE SHERRY WINE WAS CREATED AND LABELLED, MARIANNE THE MARIANNE SHERRY WAS A GOLD MEDAL AWARD-WINNING WINE IN COMMERICAL WINE COMPETITION IN ALABAMA IN 2017. THE LABEL IMAGE FOR THE SHERRY.IS THE MARIANNE STATUE THAT WAS ON THE MOBILE COUNTY COURTHOUSE FOR DECADES AND IS NOW IN THE MOBILE MUSEUM. MARIANNE CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2019 @ 2:00 PM @ THE STEADHAM MEMORIAL CHAPEL.

Mrs. Marianne Rose (Roman) Eddins

January 11, 1940 - April 24, 2019

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