Marvin David Griffin, 66, passed away March 6, 2015 in the Hospice of Wichita Falls. Funeral services will be held at 3 P.M. Monday, March 9, 2015 at the First Christian Church in Seymour, with Rev. Kip Wade McCarty and A.B. Martin officiating. Interment will be in the Seymour Masonic Cemetery.

Marvin was born June 25, 1948 in Baylor County, Texas, to David and Maxine McDaniel Griffin. He married Mary Donnell on August 10, 1987 in Seymour, Texas.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was the pastor of the First Christian Church for many years and had been a Substance Abuse Counselor for the State of Texas.

He is survived by his wife, Mary of Seymour, Texas; two sons, John Griffin and wife, Jennifer of Abilene, Texas, Drew Jennings and wife, Allison of Shreveport, La.; four daughters, Kim Akins of Fruitvale, Texas, Olivia and husband, John Favorito of Phoenix, Az., Anna Griffin of Truth or Consequences, N.M., and Deanna and husband, Craig Thetford of Breckenridge, Texas. He is also survived by 18 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, a nephew Kip McCarty of Blue Grove, Texas, and sister-in-law, Shane McCarty.

Other family members include his mother-in-law, Eileene Ryan of Seymour, Tx.; Dr. James and Alyce Morton of Dundee and Pampa, Texas, James and DeAnna Donnell , and George and Norma Donnell of Seymour.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Marion David and Carol Maxine Griffin, and two brothers, Billy Tom McCarty and Larry Dean McCarty.

Brother Marvin touched lives in many ways that surprised even him. As a mild, humble and unselfish servant, he never took any credit for the lives he brought from the depths of despair from drugs and alcohol. He was amazed when he was visited by someone he had counseled thanking him for being instrumental in turning their life around. Just as the Lord his God turned his life around.

Many people knew he was a musician with guitar and piano, but few did not know that he wrote songs and poetry. He truly used his God given talent for the glory of God.