Marilyn Bowers Hoffman

Mrs. Marilyn Bowers Hoffman, retired educator, 88, died Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at her home in Oxford, Mississippi. The funeral service will be Saturday, January 11, 2025, at 11:00 A.M. in the Chapel of Waller Funeral Home with Rev. Chris McAlilly officiating. Visitation will be held prior to the service beginning at 10:00 A.M. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery.

Mrs. Hoffman, a life-long resident of Lafayette County, was born in Memphis, Tennessee. She was the eldest of three children born to the late Edna and Lewis Bowers of Taylor, MS.

Mrs. Hoffman was a graduate of Taylor Vocational High School and the University of Mississippi where she earned her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Home Economics. Her 34 year teaching career included being a faculty member of Senatobia High School, Water Valley High School, Oxford High School and the University of Mississippi. During her career she was a member of the American Vocational Association, Mississippi Association of Educators and Delta Kappa Gamma. She was also a member of Woman’s Forum in Oxford.

Mrs. Hoffman was a member of Oxford-University United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her beloved husband, Harry Paul Hoffman; her brothers, James “Jim” Bowers and Jerry A. Bowers; and her sister-in-law, Marilyn Bowers Coleman. She is survived by her sister-in-law, Joyce Bowers, and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

The family wishes to express their appreciation for her faithful caregivers, Chris Alford, Ta’Kyla Frierson, Mary Tallie, Shanna Frierson, Bathshebia Jones, and Shirley Dennis.

Memorial contributions in Mrs. Hoffman’s memory may be made to Oxford-University United Methodist Church, 424 South 10th Street, Oxford, Mississippi 38655.