Marvin Hamblin

Funeral services for Marvin E. Hamblin, 81, of Harker Heights, will be held at 9 a.m. Friday at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Killeen. Burial with full military honors will follow in the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery.BRBRHe died Nov. 6, 2007, in a Temple hospital.BRBRMarvin was born Oct. 28, 1926, in Parrott, Va. He joined the U.S. Army in 1945 and served in the Korean War. His awards included: Purple Heart, Korean Service Medal with five bronze campaign stars, WWII Victory Medal, Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon, Korean Occupation Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal with bronze star and Good Conduct Medal.BRBRMarvin retired in 1966 at Fort Hood and then went to work driving a truck for Griggs Equipment Co. for 20 years. He loved vintage cars, trucks and tractors. He was a man of good deeds who put his fellow man first, a devoted father and husband. Marvin had a 32nd degree Scottish Mason and Past Master. He was a member of Masonic Lodge 338, the Karem Shrine, member of The Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 490 and member of the Grand Cross of Color Rainbow Girls.BRBRHe was preceded in death by his parents, David and Minnie Hamblin; son, Marvin Hamblin; daughter, Bettina Johnson; three brothers; and three sisters.BRBRSurvivors include his wife, Doreen, of Harker Heights; daughters, Rebecca Griggs of Rogers and Sherry Barao of Killeen; son, Lester Bush of Janesville, Wis.; 13 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-granchildren.BRBRMemorials may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society or the American Cancer Society.BRBRHarper-Talasek Funeral Home in Killeen is in charge of the arrangements.

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