Mollie Leonard Marion, age 90, a native of Bartow, Florida, retired Polk County School Teacher, a graduate of Bethune Cookman College, member of the Neighborhood Improvement Corporation, Seniors on The Move, and First Providence Missionary Baptist Church from her youth up, is on the highway to heaven. She transitioned on Thursday, April 14, 2022, at Winter Haven Hospital.

She is survived by three children (two sons and one daughter): Ivory T.(Scott) Curtis (Boulder, CO), Jessie D. Marion, Jr. (Bartow, FL), and Gloria Y. Foster-Allen (Bartow, FL); four grandchildren: Kareem, Kanem (Mellissa), Kesi, J. D.; one step-grandchild: Derrick; six great-grandchildren: Kyan, Keiran, Kebrien, Kaliyl, Travon, and Kyng; one brother: Robert (Kathryn) Leonard (Bartow, FL).

Visitation with family will take place at Gause Funeral Home, 625 S. Holland Parkway, Bartow, FL from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Friday, April 29, 2022.  Funeral service will be at First Providence Missionary Baptist Church at 11:00 AM, Saturday, April 30, 2022.

Interment will be at Evergreen Cemetery, Bartow, FL.