Marion Endres Prosser

Marion was born to Isabella Walker McMillan and Melvin McMillan on February 3, 1944. She moved to Northern Virginia with her mother when she was a young child and graduated from Jeb Stuart High School in 1962. Following graduation, she attended Winthrop College back in Rock Hill. After college, she returned to Northern Virginia and worked as a legal secretary in the District of Columbia where she met her first husband, Dave Endres. Marion and Dave married in 1969 and raised their two daughters, Ashley and Reagan, in Fairfax County.

Marion was artistic, creative, a great cook and hostess, and had a tremendous talent for interior decorating. Marion was a homebody. She liked to venture between Virginia and her native South Carolina and typically no further. She enjoyed nothing more than drinking wine and smoking cigarettes with her friends around the kitchen table, being snuggled up on her couch watching Fox News, HSN or HGTV, and beautifying her home. She took great pride in her home and also enjoyed helping her friends decorate theirs.

In 2003, Marion met her second husband, Richard (Dick) Prosser. They married in 2004 and spent their time between Virginia and Myrtle Beach, where they originally planned to retire. However, devotion to their children and grandchildren drew them back north. They shared their final years together in their dream home, a Falls Church farmhouse built in 1923. Together, she and Dick brought their vision for their home to life. They spent countless hours on home projects and going to auctions and antique shops to find the perfect furnishings. Marion was an accomplished seamstress and made throw pillows, cushions, curtains — whatever was needed to add the finishing touches to their home. Every year, she and Dick enjoyed bringing together their children and grandchildren at their home for a Christmas party.

Marion’s family and home were her passions. In her later years, she was either decorating her home or spending time with her beloved grandchildren, Joey and Izzy. They were the lights of her life, along with her two daughters. Marion will be remembered for her southern hospitality, beautiful homes, wild curly hair, wearing high heels on all occasions, love for Elvis, staunch conservatism, themed Christmas trees, and love of family.

Marion is survived by her loving husband Richard Prosser; her daughters Ashley Endres and Reagan Barnes, son-in-law Johnny Barnes, her grandchildren Joseph and Isabella Barnes; stepdaughters Amy Greten and Courtney Alexander and stepgrandchildren Haley and Heidi Greten and Reed, Jack and Ethan Alexander.

A celebration of life will be scheduled for a later date. The family would be grateful for donations to non-profits that support Alzheimer's and dementia science and provide support services to families.