Marilyn K. Terrell, 74, of Scottsburg, Indiana, passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at her residence. She entered this life on March 2, 1945 in Scottsburg, Indiana, the loving daughter of the late John D. Foster and Edna Maxine (Dishinger) Foster. Marilyn graduated from Deputy High School in the Class of 1963, was a member of the Deputy Alumni Association and was raised, along with her brother Dennis in the Pisgah United Methodist Church. In addition, she attended Phillips College in Louisville, Kentucky studying to become a Counselor for Chemical Dependency. She was a former co-owner of the old D & M Tool & Die Company and the Townes Halfway House, Inc. in Scottsburg, Indiana. Marilyn had also worked for Kevin Arbuckle at Pop’s Plants & Greenhouse and the old Calloway Oil Company in Scottsburg, Indiana. While working with her husband and operating the halfway houses they owned, she had been very involved in Al-Anon. Marilyn loved flowers and had some beautiful flower gardens at her home, enjoyed playing euchre with family and friends and was an animal lover. She also enjoyed going to auctions to collect and look for antiques, enjoyed listening to a wide variety of music, was a huge NASCAR fan and loved the Kentucky Derby and all the trivia about the horses. Marilyn was preceded in death by her husband, James L. Terrell, Sr. on Sept. 9, 2006; a son, Tommy D. Thomas, Jr. and a brother, Dennis H. Foster. Survivors include two daughters, Tracy Thomas-Alford and her husband Peter of Stanley, North Carolina and Terri Thomas-Todoroff and her husband Christopher of Louisville, Kentucky and two grandchildren, Zachary Freeman and Olivia Alford. Online condolences:www.collinsfuneralhome.net.