passed away at home in Statesville, NC on Thursday,
October 1, 2020. She was retired from the State Banking
Commission of West Virginia. Marla will be remembered
for her courage and determination as she survived breast
cancer twice. She was preceded in death by her husband,
Brown Gardner and father, Clay Tipton, mother, Pearl
Hickman and step-father, Richard Hickman. Marla is survived
by daughter and son-in-law, Rhonda Anderson Malloy and
Adam Malloy; step-daughters and son-in-law,Beth and Brian Hayes
and Margaret Gardner; grandchildren, Hannah, Paige, Caitlin, Amy,
Hudson, Kody, Ashlyn; brother, Frank Tipton; nephews, Stan Tipton,
DC Tipton and Scott Tipton. The family will receive friends Saturday,
October 24, 2020 from 2:00-3:00pm in the chapel of Berry Funeral Home,
3704 Chapman Hwy, Knoxville, TN 37920 with a Celebration
of Life Service to follow at 3:00pm. In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be made to St. Jude's Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place
Memphis, TN 38105 or the Humane Society Tennessee, 6717
Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. The family invites friends to share fond
memories and sign the online guestbook at www.berryfuneralhome.com.
