Marilyn Jan King Wilcher

January 24, 1937 - December 28, 2020

Graveside services for Marilyn Jan King Wilcher, age eighty-three (83) of Bossier City, Louisiana, will be held on Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Magnolia Memorial Park Cemetery with Dr. Eric Goble officiating under the direction of Lewis Funeral Home, Inc. in Magnolia, Arkansas. Jan was born on January 24, 1937 in Columbia County, Arkansas. She was raised in the Village Community. Jan was valedictorian of the Village High School Class of 1955. After a short illness, the angels came for her on Monday, December 28, 2020. Jan passed peacefully in her home with family present. She had resided in Shreveport, Keithville, and Bossier City, Louisiana for many years. Jan was a loving homemaker, office manager, and hotel concierge. Jan loved the Lord, her family, friends, and all animals. She adopted and gave loving care to many homeless dogs and cats throughout her lifetime. Jan began everyday with her Bible and coffee. Jan was preceded in death by her father, James Grady King, and her mother, Myra Lockett King. She is survived by her husband, Donald Eddie Wilcher, of Bossier City, Louisiana; son, Kenneth David Rhodes and wife Carla, of Gause, Texas; three (3) grandchildren, Christopher Grady Rhodes, Andrew David Rhodes, and Patrick Kennedy Rhodes, of Houston, Texas, all of whom will profoundly miss her. Jan also leaves behind her dearly beloved cats, Jubal and Tessa. To sign the online guest book or to share a memory visit www.lewisfuneralhome.biz