Mrs. Marie R. Tison, age 93, widow of the late Richard Anthony Tison, passed away at Conway Medical Center on Wednesday, February 11, 2026 following a brief illness.
Born September 19, 1932 in Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson Rogers and the late Minnie Anne Wilson Rogers. Marie graduated from Unicoi County High School in Irwin, TN, and soon moved to Washington, DC where she worked for the FBI. While working there, she met and married Richard Anthony Tison and shared 62 years of marriage with him prior to his death in 2014.
Richard and Marie traveled extensively during their marriage including trips to Texas, Arizona, Hawaii, Louisiana, and Tennessee. Marie was a woman of great faith and was a member of the Pentecostals of Alexandria for many years.
In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by her siblings, Johnny Rogers, Jack Rogers, Howard Rogers, Peggy Rogers, Ed Rogers, and Velma Rogers Lewis.
Survivors include her children, Peggy Tison Kirby (Tim), Karen Tison Hills (William), and Richard Larkin Tison (Karen Sue); her grandchildren, Ashley Carruth Fowler (Billy), Meagan Tilson McLaughlin (Ben), Richard Houston Hampton, Blake Laron Tison (Rachel), William Beckett Hills (Eleanor), Kristin Kirkby Shaw (Aaron), Heath Hampton, and Timmy Kirkby; her great-grandchildren, Abigail Fowler Johnson (Robert), Payton Blase Fowler, Hannah Fowler Jennings (Judah), Richard Robert William Fowler, Richmond Wyatt Fowler, Katherine Jolene Fowler, Charlotte Hadassah Fowler, Eleanor Ruth Fowler, Maggie June Hills, Kyle Kirkby, Brendan Kirkby, Elizabeth Kirkby, and Anessa Anne Fowler; her great-great grandchildren, Violet Rose McLaughlin, Meredith Avery McLaughlin, Richard Thatcher Tison, Azzariah Wayne Johnson, Boaz Anthony Johnson, Eleanor Ruth Johnson, and baby Jennings on the way; and many beloved nieces, nephews, cousins, and other extended family.
Mrs. Tison will be laid to rest with her husband at Arlington National Cemetery later this Spring. Her grandsons, Richard Houston Hampton and Blake Laron Tison will officiate.
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Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.