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Judge Marvin was a trustee and Sunday School teacher at the Minden First [[United Methodist]] Church. He was also a trustee of the Louisiana Methodist Foundation and a member of the Masonic lodge and the Shriners.<ref name=obit/>
 
Judge Marvin was a trustee and Sunday School teacher at the Minden First [[United Methodist]] Church. He was also a trustee of the Louisiana Methodist Foundation and a member of the Masonic lodge and the Shriners.<ref name=obit/>
 
   
 
   
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There are four Marvin children. Melissa Brown (born 1958) is the wife of Gary Lamar Brown (born 1954), whose parents, Newton and Erlene Nealy Brown, were murdered in their home in Dixie Inn west of Minden on Christmas Eve, 1982, by Jimmy L. Glass (1962-1987) and Jimmy Charles Wingo (1952-1987), a native of Jackson County, [[Arkansas]], and a former Boy Scout.<ref>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54265863/jimmy-charles-wingo|title=Jimmy Charles Wingo|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 8, 2022}}</ref> The murders occurred only a few months after Melissa and Gary Brown were wed in Minden. The tragic case attracted national attention because of an upswing in executions in Louisiana at the time and a debate over the constitutionality of the [[death penalty]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/16/us/louisiana-executes-2d-man-in-slaying-of-couple.html|title=Louisiana Executes Second Man in Slaying of Couple, June 16, 1987|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=November 25, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eunicetoday.com/brown-fusilier-announce-engagement|title=Brown, Fusilier announce engagement, May 3, 2013|publisher=''Eunice Today''|accessdate=November 26, 2013}}</ref>
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There are four Marvin children. Melissa Brown (born 1958) is the wife of Gary Lamar Brown (born 1954), whose parents, Newton and Erlene Nealy Brown, were mublisher=rdered in their home in Dixie Inn west of Minden on Christmas Eve, 1982, by Jimmy L. Glass (1962-1987) and Jimmy Charles Wingo (1952-1987), a native of Jackson County, [[Arkansas]], and a former Boy Scout.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54265863/jimmy-charles-wingo|title=Jimmy Charles Wingo|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 8, 2022}}</ref> Glass petitioned unsuccessfully to the [[United States Supreme Court]] on the premise that his pending 1987 execution was "cruel and unusual punishment."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141175716/jimmy-l-glass?msclkid=1815accecf0211ecab6f45936331165b|title=Jimmy L. Glass|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 8, 2022}}</ref>The murders occurred only a few months after Melissa and Gary Brown were wed in Minden. The tragic case attracted national attention because of an upswing in executions in Louisiana at the time and a debate over the constitutionality of the [[death penalty]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/16/us/louisiana-executes-2d-man-in-slaying-of-couple.html|title=Louisiana Executes Second Man in Slaying of Couple, June 16, 1987|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=November 25, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eunicetoday.com/brown-fusilier-announce-engagement|title=Brown, Fusilier announce engagement, May 3, 2013|publisher=''Eunice Today''|accessdate=November 26, 2013}}</ref>
    
Second daughter Michele Simoneaux and her husband, Rodney J. Simoneaux (both born 1959), reside inBelle Rose in Assumption Parish in south Louisiana. Son [[Schuyler Marvin|John Schuyler Marvin]] is the husband of the former Jodi Lane Comeaux. The youngest Marvin daughter, Mary Margaret, is the wife of Bruce Johnson. There were twelve grandchildren at the time of the judge's death.<ref name=obit/>
 
Second daughter Michele Simoneaux and her husband, Rodney J. Simoneaux (both born 1959), reside inBelle Rose in Assumption Parish in south Louisiana. Son [[Schuyler Marvin|John Schuyler Marvin]] is the husband of the former Jodi Lane Comeaux. The youngest Marvin daughter, Mary Margaret, is the wife of Bruce Johnson. There were twelve grandchildren at the time of the judge's death.<ref name=obit/>
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In 2015, Marvin was posthumously inducted into the [[Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame]] in Winnfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9728:corky-marvin-elected-to-hall-of-fame&catid=34:local-news&Itemid=69l=|title='Corky' Marvin  elected to hall of fame|publisher=''The Minden Press-Herald''|accessdate=June 25, 2014}}</ref>
 
In 2015, Marvin was posthumously inducted into the [[Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame]] in Winnfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9728:corky-marvin-elected-to-hall-of-fame&catid=34:local-news&Itemid=69l=|title='Corky' Marvin  elected to hall of fame|publisher=''The Minden Press-Herald''|accessdate=June 25, 2014}}</ref>
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