Born: July 6, 1925 Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee

Died: December 18, 2014 Waco, McLennan County, Texas

Son of Marlin Luther McGaugh, Sr and Willie Elizabeth Rivers McGaugh

Parents:
Willie Elizabeth Rivers Cowgill (1903 – 1976)

Spouse:
Dolores Aileen Lake McGaugh (1926 – 1998)

Marvin (Marv) Luther McGaugh, 89, of China Spring, passed away on Thursday, December 18, 2014. Graveside services will be 2 PM Saturday, December 20, at China Spring Cemetery with Rev. Michael Copeland officiating.

Marvin McGaugh was born on July 6, 1925 in Dyersburg, TN to Marvin Luther and Willie E. (Rivers) McGaugh. He was baptized in a creek when he was seven years old. He joined the Marine 2nd Division, 1st Battalion, C-Company, 1st Platoon and fought on Saipan in the Mariana Islands in May, 1944. Casualties on the first day were over 13,000. The 2nd Division alone lost 2,000 men. He spent the last few months in Nagasaki after the city was bombed in 1945. He was discharged January 5, 1946.
After the War he went back to Highland Park, Michigan where he met and fell in love with Deloris (Dee) Lake. They were married on August 21, 1948. Marv and Dee had nine children, all boys. Marvin had as many as two or three jobs at a time to support his family. He started his last job in Detroit, which was with Huck Manufacturing. In August, 1973, Huck moved their company to Waco, Texas and asked Marvin and other supervisors and workers to move with the company. So Marv and Dee loaded up the wagon and moved to China Spring, Texas. Marvin said it was the best move he could have ever made for his family.

After moving to China Spring in 1973, Marv and Dee joined Lake Waco Country Club and became avid golfers. They loved the Club and would attend dinners there, play in tournaments and sometimes have the family Easter Picnic there. They also enjoyed bowling and billiards.

Marvin retired from Huck Manufacturing after twenty-five years of service and started a pay phone business. After Deloris passed away, he joined the T.H.E.O.S. Club for widowers, helped with Meals on Wheels and joined a bowling league.

Marvin was preceded in death by his wife, Deloris (Dee) McGaugh; parents, Marvin and Willie McGaugh; son, David McGaugh; brother, Bill McGaugh; sister, Mildred Eckart and grandson, John McGaugh.

Survivors include sons, Steve, Mike and wife, Jimmie, Rick and wife, Liz, Kevin and wife, Laurie, Mark and wife, Martha, Doug and wife, Mitzi, Keith and wife, Diane, and Gordy and wife, Debi; twenty grandchildren; and twenty great-grandchildren.