Marilyn Bade Scruggs

member of the Village Painters, Petey was a prolific artist in a variety of media

including watercolor, pastel, acrylic and mixed media. She was past president of the

Alabama Watercolor Society, a member of the Birmingham Art Association and the

Collectors Circle for Contemporary Art of the Birmingham Museum of Art She was

also a member of Canterbury United Methodist Church, where she was an active

member for over seventy-five years. While painting was her solace and life's

ambition, her family was always her first priority. She was preceded in death by her

husband of fifty-seven years, Richard Turner Scruggs and three brothers, Craig

Bade, Fritz Bade, Jr., and John Bade; survived by four children, Marilyn Scruggs

Tucker (Charles), Sarah Scruggs Estes (Jarrell), Richard Turner Scruggs, Jr.

(Deborah), John Hubert Scruggs; nine grandchildren, Richard Tucker (Kim), Craig

Tucker (Lori), Katherine Estes Billmeier, Marilyn Beard (Todd), Frances Lindsey

(Cooper), Sarah Olson (Gregg), Margaret Scruggs, Elizabeth Scruggs, Bade Scruggs

and eleven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at Canterbury United

Methodist Church, May 11,11:00 am., followed by private internment The family

will receive guests in the church parlor preceding the funeral fi-om 9:30—11:00 am.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made to Canterbury United

Methodist Church or the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Alabama.