SPUR (Special) Services for Capt. Paul Edward Marion, 32, of Hinesville, Ga., will be at 2 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church in Spur with Chaplain Jeff Massier of Amarillo and the Rev. Larry Burton officiating.
Burial will be in the Spur Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Campbell Funeral Home of Spur.
A memorial service will be held at Fort Stewart, Ga., on Thursday, March 30, 2000.
He died March 20, 2000, in his home in Hinesville, Ga.
He was born in Munich, Germany, on July 5, 1967. He attended Texas A&M University and was a member of the Fightin´ Texas Aggie Band.
He attended Texas Tech University, where he graduated in May 1993 with degrees in English, art history and studio art. He was commissioned out of ROTC as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. He had been on active duty in the Army since 1993. His overseas assignments include the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Haiti, the 2nd infantry Division in Korea, and Task Force 4-64th armor in Kuwait.
At the time of his death, he was a member of the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart.
Survivors include his father, David P. Marion of College Station; his mother, Linda R. Bell of San Marcos; a sister, Raye Leigh Stone of College Station; a grandmother, Mary Marion of Spur; two stepsisters, Becky Rees of Sweetwater and Kathy Fisher of College Station; and a stepbrother, David Albin of Midland.
The family suggest memorials to Texas A&M University Foundation for the Eternal Aggie Band, the Texas Tech Art Department, a Wesley Foundation of choice or the National Endowment for the Arts.
©Lubbock Avalanche Journal, March 26, 2000
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