Marlene Cobb Kenady was welcomed into the arms of our Lord on Saturday, November 18, 2017, after a long and courageous battle with multiple sclerosis. Family and friends will gather to celebrate her life of 60 years at a later date.Marlene was born in Lubbock, Texas, on July 5, 1957, the youngest child of Gene and Geraldine Cobb. On February 15, 1983, Marlene married the love of her life in Austin, Texas. Her successful career began as a security guard for Texas Instruments, where she was eventually promoted to Marketing Manager. After a long career with Texas Instruments, she carried her skills over to various jobs that would allow her to spend more time with her three children. After moving back home to Lubbock in 2002, she finished her professional career as Senior Coordinator for the Graduate School at Texas Tech University.Survivors include her husband; children, Sheena Rae Kenady, Jeremy Nicholas Kenady, and Joel Benjamin Kenady; sister, Shirley Cobb Wigley; nieces, Erin Cone and Cheyna Wigley. Marlene will forever be missed, but will be remembered by friends and family as a loving, compassionate, giving, hard-working, and faithful Christian woman.She was preceded in death by her parents Gene and Geraldine Cobb; and brother, Stuart Cobb.