Marsha Ann Tubb Houk

Aberdeen- Marsha Ann Tubb Houk,64, passed away on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg, WV. Born in Aberdeen, MS on July 11, 1952 she was the youngest daughter of the late Chester Henderson and Clytie Scott Tubb.

Marsha attended Aberdeen High School and later received her GED with exceptional scores. In her early years, she worked many types of jobs including manufacturing, gas station owner and operator, and eventually as a manager at the Aberdeen Best Western. Although content with her life, she no longer could deny her lifelong dream of providing help and medical care for people. Following this calling, she enrolled in the R.N. Program at ICC. In 1993 she became an honor graduate with an AAS degree in Nursing. She became employed at NMMC in Tupelo, first working on 5 West and then in the ER as the night shift charge nurse. Her last several years with NMMC were spent at the Nurse Link Call Center, where she became inspired to further her nursing career.

She enrolled at MUW where she was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing and received the Excellence in Nursing award. In 2006, she graduated Cum Laude with her BSN. After which, she enrolled at Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing where she received her MSN, Family Practitioner degree in 2008. As a Nurse Practitioner, she worked at Lower Crossing Medical Clinic in Sherman followed by opening her own practice in Amory, South Main Family Medical Clinic. She later closed her Amory business and opened a new business in Aberdeen, near the Monroe County Airport, named Votech Road Medical Clinic. Her undeniable compassion for and dedication to the health and overall well-being of her patients was unwavering. Many a late night, she would make house calls for patients unable to leave their homes or reopen her clinic doors for a patient needing care.

Wanting to see the world, she decided to close her business in 2016 and work as a travel Nurse Practitioner. She was employed by Quad Med in Martinsburg, WV. She enjoyed West Virginia immensely, not only for its natural beauty and snow showers but for the wonderful and compassionate people she had grown to know and love. She was a rare jewel amongst the healthcare field, one who spoke honest and simple, that you could truly talk to and be sincerely listened by regardless of the length of time. She was a member of the MS Nurses Assn., American Nurses Assn., and the American Assn of Nurse Practitioners.

She married her soul mate, James Dale Houk on June 27, 1980 and was blessed with two children during her lifetime. She was a member of the D.A.R., a former Girl Scout troop leader, and a member of Hamilton Baptist Church in which she worked in the Children's Church and sang in the choir.

Marsha was an extraordinary person whose enthusiasm, wittiness, and generosity was felt by all those she met. She never hesitated to tell you her opinion and was quick to lend a helping hand, a caring heart, and a word or two of advice. Steadfast in her belief of Christ, she never missed an opportunity to share her faith with others. Her faith, family, and friends took priority in her life.
She loved spending time with her family, friends, and pets. She enjoyed sitting on the porch listening to her wind chimes, watching the hummingbirds, butterflies, and dragonflies in her flower beds, gathering vegetables from the garden, and swimming in the pool with her grandchildren and friends. Fishing, cooking, eating buttered popcorn, reading, and chewing on stick peppermints were other simple pleasures she enjoyed.

Marsha is survived by her husband, James Dale Houk; son, Gregory Davis (Tammy), Golden; daughter, Heather Houk (Aaron Chism), Aberdeen; grandchildren, Zachary Houk Chism, Megan Davis, Hannah South, and Noah South; sister, Lanell Westmoreland (Raymond), Aberdeen; sister, Donna Ware (Herman), Starkville; a host of nieces and nephews; special friends, Carolyn Reeves, Linda Boozer, and Donna Chism.

She was proceeded in death by her parents.

Memorial Services will be on Sunday, February 19, 2017 at EE Pickle Funeral Home in Amory.

Visitation will be from 1:00 P.M.-2:45 P.M. followed by the memorial service at 3:00 P.M. with Bro. Robert Earl Fowlkes and Bro. Robert Moore officiating.

Memorials may be given to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.