Marilyn Kay Culling

Marilyn Kay (Cook) (Kincaid) Culling
Marilyn Kay (Cook) (Kincaid) Culling, age 78, a resident of Cowgill, Missouri, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 16, 2024, at North Kansas City Hospital.

Marilyn was born May 2, 1946, in Gallatin, Missouri, to Ray and Gertrude (Terry) Cook. She was a proud resident of Cowgill, Missouri, and a friend to everyone who met her. Marilyn had many occupations throughout her life. She chose to dedicate her life to caring for her family and anyone in need of a friend, caregiver, friendly ear, a meal, or a little motherly advice. She was a lover of animals and owned and sheltered many throughout her life. She loved to garden and share her crops with friends and family. She will be forever remembered for her unconditionally loving heart and her pies.

Marilyn is survived by sons, Rick Green and wife Joyce, and James “Matt” Kincaid and wife Jeni; daughter, Ruth “Sissy” Tranbarger and husband Doyle; grandchildren, Melissa Edgar, Joshua Green, Kenneth Green, Cody Green, Heather Shoemaker, Christina Tranbarger, Cortney Miller, Travis Tranbarger, Jami Zwygart, Michael Houk, Tiffany Kincaid and Breydon Kincaid; twenty-one great grandchildren; brothers, Terry Cook and wife Sondra, Ronnie Cook and wife Toni; and sister, Wanda Petrie. Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents, Ray and Gertrude Cook; brothers, Billy and Wayne Cook; sisters Shirley Smith, Donna Orr, and Deanna Hartwig; husbands, Leo Kincaid and Doyle Culling and PaPa Gene Silkwood; and son Donald Green.

A Memorial Service will be held at Lindley Pitts Funeral Home, Braymer, Missouri, on Thursday, June 20, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. There is no scheduled visitation. Inurnment will be held at Cowgill Cemetery, Cowgill, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to Cowgill Cemetery and may be left at or mailed to Lindley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 47, Chillicothe, Missouri 64601. When sending flowers, the family requests you send live plants for the grandchildren to have as keepsakes. Online condolences may be made at www.lindleyfuneralhomes.com .

Arrangements are under the direction of Lindley Pitts Funeral Home, Braymer, Missouri.