Marianne Wynne Ligon
Apr 14, 1954 - Oct 6th, 2022- Birth Date: Apr 14, 1954
- Death Date: Oct 6, 2022
- Funeral Date: Oct 15, 2022, 2:00 pm
- Location: First United Methodist Church (723 Center St. Little Rock, AR 72201)
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Biography: Marianne Wynne Ligon died on October 6, 2022, after a lengthy illness due to Wegner’s disease. She was the wife of Robert Stark Ligon, Jr., whom she met at a Fourth of July picnic in 1975, married on April 9, 1977, and adored until her last breath.
Marianne was born and raised in Warren, AR, and was the third child of Dr. and Mrs. George French Wynne, Sr. She graduated from Mount St. Mary Academy in Little Rock in 1972 and earned a bachelor’s degree in classics from Converse College in Spartanburg, SC, in 1976. She returned to Mount St. Mary to teach Latin before moving with her husband back to Warren, where they raised two children, Sarah and Stark, III.
From 1984 to 1995, Marianne was the foreign language department at Warren High School, in Warren, AR, teaching English, French and Latin. From 1995 until her retirement in 2010, she was the Latin teacher at Little Rock Central High School, meanwhile earning a Master’s degree in Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
After retirement, Marianne became a Pulaski County Master Gardener, volunteer in the gardens at the Historic Arkansas Museum, secretary of the Altar Guild for the First United Methodist Church, a member of the Little Rock Aesthetic Club, and a board member for the Mount Holly Cemetery Association and the National Society of Colonial Dames of America, Arkansas chapter.
Marianne was never bored. She loved gardening, reading mystery novels, doing needlework, sewing, knitting, and general puttering. Above all, she loved dancing with her husband and visiting the beach at St. George Island, FL.
She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Robert Stark Ligon, Jr., daughter Sarah Matilda Ligon (Kevin Beach) of Oxford, MS, and son Robert Stark Ligon, III, (Margaret Goodloe) of Little Rock. She also leaves behind four grandchildren: Colin, Archer, Virginia and Robin Beach. Other survivors are her siblings: Matilda Wynne Buchanan, George French Wynne, Jr. (Judy), and Edward McFaddin Wynne (Susan), and many nieces and nephews.
Services will be held on Saturday, October 15 at 2:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Little Rock, with a private family interment at Mount Holly Cemetery. The family thanks her doctors, Drs. Alam, Siddiqui and Hasan, DaVita Dialysis Clinic, and her adored caregiver Doris Walker. Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church Little Rock, 723 Center Street, Little Rock, AR, 72201, or the Mount Holly Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 250118, Little Rock, AR, 72225. Arrangements are by RuebelFuneralHome.com, Little Rock, AR.
June and I want to let you know that we are thinking of you and your family during this time of your sadness. Marianne was a very successful woman in many ways, but her greatest achievement was to be a child of GOD. She has now seen the Face of GOD and will have everlasting life with him in heaven!
May she Rest in Peace.
June and Dr. Bunny Brown
May God comfort you through his word the Bible and the gift of prayer. Thinking of you all.
We were so saddened to read of Marianne’s recent death. It was such a great thing to see you both at Kenny Johnson’s service and to meet her. It seems as though you led a wonderful life together and for that I know you are so thankful and blessed. We pray you find smiles through your memories, strength from each other, and peace through your faith. Please know that you are in our thoughts and prayers and that we care. Love, Joetta and Dick
I will remember her always.
I am so very sorry to learn if Marianne’s death. Marianne was a good friend early on for me with sharing hand me downs for my boys, to helping me with tips and tricks for making my old house come alive again.
You will all be in my thoughts and prayers for comfort, healing, and strength in the days, weeks, and months ahead.