Mary Kay Marlowe

Mary Kay Marlowe (née Hall), 61, mother of Ian Marlowe, step mother of Christopher Marlowe, and beloved partner of John Newbanks, passed away without warning on Tuesday June 3rd, 2025 at Shaw AFB in Sumter, South Carolina, leaving her family and friends shocked and deeply saddened.

After a brief first marriage, she married Philip Marlowe with whom she gave birth to Ian in 1992. Settling in Indianapolis, she lived there until 2003 when she moved with her family to Vushtrri, Kosovo. She founded a law firm, Isufi and Marlowe, and practiced privately until 2005 when the family relocated to Tirana, Albania. After residing there for only five months, the family yet again relocated, this time to Kuwait where she found the job of her dreams with CENTCOM/USARCENT, which she kept until the end.

Reconnecting with her high-school sweetheart, John Newbanks, the two began dating in earnest in 2021 and were meant to be engaged the weekend after her passing. In the year leading up to her passing, she and John spent countless days and hours antiquing and updating his house into their future retirement home

A celebration of her life will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina at Wing Haven from 1 to 3 pm on Saturday June 14th. Her ashes will be inurned in the Columbarium at St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church.