Cynthiana -
The deceased had been an invalid for several years but critically
ill only since Sunday. Prior to his recent residence with his son here,
he resided for 2 1/2 years with his daughter, Mrs. Daphne Thomas Walker,
The body will be moved from Holder Funeral Home in Owensville late
this afternoon to the home of a daughter, Mrs. James C. Calvert, in Cynthiana.
It will remain there until taken to the Presbyterian Church in Cynthiana
for the funeral service.
Rev. Kenneth Stewart, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, assisted
by Rev. Thomas Meyers, a former pastor, will conduct the funeral service at
2:30 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Antioch cemetery north of
Cynthiana.
Surviving are three sons, Dorris, and
Lilburn, Cynthiana, the latter a heart patient in Deaconess Hospital in
Evansville, and Gerald W., Mt. Vernon; three daughters, Mrs. Daphne Thomas
Walker and Mrs. Vernita Brown, Mt. Vernon, and Mrs.
James C. Calvert, Cynthiana, and 15 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren.
Mr. Marvel's
wife, nee Bertha A. Wilson, died in September, 1939.
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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers