Obit from Birmingham News (AL)
REV. MARVIN T. WYATT, age 71, of Ragland, AL, died October 9, 1997. A native of St. Clair County and a resident of Ragland, he was retired from National Cement Company, with 41 years of service. Mr. Wyatt had served as pastor of several area churches and was currently the Pastor of Unity Baptist Church of Pell City. He was a member of James D. Truss Lodge #515, OES #150. The Order of the White Shrine #10, Order of the Amaranth Court #12, Scottish Rite and Zamora Shrine Temple.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday, October 12, 1997, at 2:00 pm, from Ragland First Baptist Church, Rev. Doug Ford and Rev. Ed Talley officiating. Burial services at Providence Cemetery, in Ragland, Alabama, where there will be Masonic graveside rites. Pallbearers will be the Masons. Visitation is Saturday, from 6:00 until 9:00 pm, at Chapel Hill Funeral Home of Pell City.
Mr. Wyatt is survived by: two daughters, Brenda Ann Toler, of Northport, Jeanette Spradlin, of Northport; six sons, Turner Wyatt, of Pell City, Paul Wyatt of Gulf Shores, Jerome Wyatt of Pell City, Jeff Wyatt, of Pell City, John Wyatt of Ragland, Tim Wyatt of Pell city; 12 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; seven nieces and nephews. Chapel Hill Funeral Home of Pell City directing.
