Annie "Marie" Lathroum, age 79 of Hollywood, MD died on February 3, 2010 at Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Born April 14, 1930 in Leonardtown, MD, she was the daughter of the late James Kenney and Rosie Cecelia Heard.

She was the loving wife of Leo "Beanie" Lathroum whom she married on February 9th, 1952 in Leonardtown, Maryland.

She is also survived by her children Barbara Jean Pilkerton, Robert Allen Lathroum, John Ralph Heard all of Hollywood, MD, Rose Marie Nutwell of Lexington Park, MD and Richard "Ricky" Wayne Lathroum of Mechanicsville, MD, as well as eight Grandchildren and 10 Great-Grandchildren. She is also survived by her brother Joseph Heard of Hollywood, MD.

Marie was preceded in death by her son James Benedict Heard and her siblings; Edith Norris, Walter Gatton, Eloise Harris, Mary Brooks, Violet Lathroum, John D. Heard, Catherine Dorsey, James Kenny Heard and Frank I. Heard.

Marie was a lifelong St. Mary's County resident where she attended Margret Brent High school. She was a homemaker who enjoyed watching wrestling and her soap operas as well as scratch offs and being with her family.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 from 5:00 – 8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD where prayers will be said at 7:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, February 12, 2010 at 12:00 PM in St. John's Catholic Church, Hollywood, MD with Fr. Raymond Schmidt officiating. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD. Pallbearers will be Joe Bowles, Joe P. Dorsey, Leonard Bean, Willie Johnson, John Guy and Charlie Norris. Honorary Pallbearers will be James Sparks, Jacob Sparks, Johnny Heard, Chris Lathroum, Kevin Heard, Justin Jones, Shaffer Dorsey, TJ Lundregan, Jackson Howsare and Shawn Howsare.

Arrangements provided by Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.