Marvin C. Norville

Funeral services for Mr. Marvin C. Norville, age 91, will be held on Saturday, July 23, 2016, at 3:00 PM at Cypress United Methodist Church with Gene Burkeen officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery immediately following the service.
Mr. Norville passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.
He was born on October 15, 1924, to the late Robert Allen Norville and Buna Watson Norville in Alamo, Tennessee.
Marvin was preceded in death by his son, Jere Wayne Norville; brothers, Horace Allen Norville, Robert Wesson Norville, Weldon Watson Norville, and Morris Leo Norville, who was his twin.
He is survived by his loving wife of seventy-two years, Margaret Clark Norville; daughter in law, Betty Ann Norville (Jere's wife); daughter, Carol Berning (Carl); son, Keith Norville (Connie Horner); brothers, Valton Lee Norville, and James Larry Norville; grandchildren, Christopher Jere Norville, Laura Beth Reichel, and Chasity Diane Sherrod; great-grandchildren, three.
Marvin was a 1942 graduate of Alamo High School in Crockett County. He served in the United States Navy aboard an LST during World War II.
He was a farmer on the Century Farm, M & M Farm, where he and Margaret lived. He was the proud owner of a 1947 Oliver Row Crop 60 tractor which he purchased after returning home to farm after his time in the Navy. He attended Cypress United Methodist Church.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Cypress Cemetery Fund or the Norville Cemetery Fund.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, July 23, 2016, from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM at Cypress United Methodist Church.