Marilyn Smith Plunkett 2/11/2931 – 8/29/2023 Marilyn Smith Plunkett, 92, passed away on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Marilyn Plunkett was born in Mexico, Missouri on February 11, 1931 and married to Herbert Connely Plunkett of the same town on June 28, 1952. They moved to Jackson, Mississippi in 1954 and together raised their five children. Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Pamela Farr (Milton) of Bolton, MS, Clayton C. Plunkett (Angie) of Clinton, MS, Sandra Casey (Jessie) of Lake Charles, LA, H. Daniel Plunkett (Cheryl) of Ponchatoula, LA. Ms. Plunkett is also survived by 11 grandchildren, and 8 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, Floyd Byron Smith and Madge Esther Branstetter Smith, her brother J Conrad Smith, and her daughter, Marilyn Kathleen Mangialardi. Ms. Plunkett attended and studied art at Gulf Park College in Long Beach, MS, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX, University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI, and University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. She volunteered her artistic talents in Jackson, MS by painting scenery for The Children's Theater, decorating for Symphony Balls, Mississippi Arts Festival Coffee Houses, and arts in the park for children in summertime. She further became a buyer and manager for ladies clothing for Owens, Ltd., and a buyer for Frances Pepper, Inc. in Jackson, MS. Ms. Plunkett also volunteered for all hospitals in Jackson and zeroed in on Mississippi Baptist Hospital as a volunteer and then became an employee. Ms. Plunkett was a member of Christ United Methodist Church in Jackson, MS. She loved her God and family above all else in life. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. The family will have a Celebration of Life service to be announced in the near future. Condolences can be made at heritagefuneralhomellc.com.