Marian M. Stokes

Mrs. Marian Moore Stokes was born March 3, 1931, in Mobile, Alabama, to Daniel L. Moore and Marion Moore. She was the fourth of seven children. She accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior at an early age at State Street A.M.E. Zion Church in Mobile, Alabama. Destined to be an educator, Mrs. Stokes was a graduate of Central High School and continued her educational pursuits by obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree from Alabama State College (now Alabama State University). On December 26, 1955, Marian married her soulmate, Herman Hugh Stokes, Sr. To that union, six children were born. Upon relocating to San Antonio after her husband was transferred to Kelly Field Air Force Base, she taught and impacted the lives of generations of students in the San Antonio Independent School District. She and her family joined the Bethel A.M.E. Church, where she was active in Class #26 and served with the A.R. Nelson Outreach Ministry, Hospitality Ministry, and the Courtesy Committee. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman Stokes Sr., and sons Herman Stokes Jr. and Karl Stokes; parents, Daniel L. Moore and Marion Moore; brothers Edward Moore, Adolph Moore, and William Moore; and sisters Rose Moore Taylor and Evelyn Moore Kennedy. She leaves to cherish in memory a daughter, Ardenia of San Antonio; three sons: Michael of San Antonio; Reginald (Carla) of Murphy, Texas; Maurice of Arlington, Texas; daughter-in-laws Denise Stokes of Glendale, Arizona, and Dana Stokes of Lewisville, Texas; three granddaughters: Tijuana (Adam) Grissom of Senoia, Georgia; Ryen Chandler Stokes of Lewisville, Texas; Adriana Larry of Fort Worth, Texas; sister Alva Moore Stevens of San Antonio; and many great loving nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.