Marcella “Kentucky Puddin” McGinnis, 64, of Louisville, passed away Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, at Baptist Health in Louisville. She was born on Jan. 25, 1950, in Louisville, the daughter of the late Charles Henry and Martha Elizabeth (Bates) Geary.
Marcella played in five movies, Medium Cook, American Revolution 1 and 2, Women in Revolt and The Grapes of Wrath. She also was the founding leader of the Young Patriot’s Organization which was a part of the People’s Planning Coalition and she marched with Martin Luther King fighting for civil rights. The book, “We are the People” was written about her. Marcella loved her grandchildren, flea marketing and traveling. She was an Evangelist and Jesus was her number 1. She was also a free spirit.
Other than her parents, she is preceded in death by her daughter, Priscella “Pebbles” Ann Santillana; one sister, Priscella Ann Geary; and five brothers, Henry Crowe, Herbie Geary, Eddie Geary, Brian Stephen “Real Unc” Geary and Frank Jackson Geary.
Marcella is survived by her son, Johnathon “John” McGinnis, of Big Clifty; two daughters, Jacqueline “Sam” Hirsch, of Paynesville, and Lorice “Reesee Cup” Lynn Montes, of Hardinsburg; two grandsons, John Dylan Ray Hirsch, of Paynesville, and River McGinnis, of Big Clifty; six granddaughters, Starlet Dawn McGinnis, and Madison Lynn McGinnis, both of Big Clifty, Joanna N. Santillana, of Flaherty, Crystal Lynn Hilley, of Hardinsburg, Priscella Ann Hirsch and Cynthia Hailey Hirsch, both of Paynesville; five great-grandchildren, Elijah Conner Hilley, Wayland Cole Hilley, Dalton Sebastian Hilley, Dallas George Murphy and Penelope Ann Murphy; and two brothers, Daniel Carl Geary, of Beaver Dam, and John Paul Geary, of Rineyville.
Funeral services will be Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 1 p.m. at the Dermitt-Joyce Funeral Home in Caneyville. Bro John McGinnis will be officiating. Burial will be in the Stewart Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Dermitt-Joyce Funeral Home in Caneyville Tuesday after 4 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. until time of service.