Samuel J. Marshall

The Reverend Samuel J. Marshall passed away at St. Mary's Hospice House in Watkinsville, GA on November 7, 2015.
He was born in Zanesville, Ohio, January 1, 1926, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mujais of Canton, Ohio.
Mr. Marshall graduated from Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio and received a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary, New York, New York. He was ordained as a minister of the United Presbyterian Church by the Presbytery of Mahoning on June 9, 1954 at Christ United Presbyterian Church, Canton, Ohio.
He served the Community Church of Glen Rock, New Jersey from 1953-1955. Then organized a new church from 1955-1960 for the Washington City Presbytery in Adelphi, Maryland. He was one of four ministers at the First Presbyterian Church of Jackson, Michigan. While serving in Jackson, Michigan, Mr. Marshall was responsible for creating a county-wide "Volunteer Hospital Chaplaincy" program at W.A. Foote Memorial Hospital; for beginning a newspaper column in the Jackson Citizens Patriot entitled "Asking Your Clergyman" and a city Alcoholism Program in coordination with the mayor and the city council. He was a chaplain at the Jackson State Prison.
Mr. Marshall came to First United Presbyterian Church of Parkersburg, WV in 1965. While serving in Parkersburg, Mr. Marshall was extremely active in religious, civic, cultural, and educational affairs of the city and the state. He served as President of the West Virginia Council of Churches in Charleston, WV for 12 years. He was elected to the Board of Trustees of Davis and Elkins College, the General Council of the Synod of West Virginia, served as Chairman of the Interpretation and Stewardship Committee. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Westminster Foundation. Mr. Marshall served on several national committees for the Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the Wood County Ministerial Alliance, Board of Directors of the Western Guidance Clinic; the Parkersburg Better Government Association; and the Board of Directors of the Parkersburg Rotary Club. He also was responsible for organizing the Volunteer Chaplaincy Program at Camden Clark Hospital.
After retirement, he remained active in the Rotary Club in Canton and Hilliard, OH; Louisville, KY; Covington, GA, and the Covington Rotary Club where they honored him by giving him an honorary membership; attended the Greensboro GA Rotary. While Georgia, he attended First United Presbyterian Church pastored by Dr. Jim Choomack.
Mr. Marshall is a member of the Masonic Blue Lodge, Scottish Rite, and was Chaplain of the Nemesis Shrine Temple, Parkersburg, WV.
After leaving Parkersburg, WV, he served as Interim Minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Anchorage, Alaska. Mr. Marshall has been retired and residing in Columbus, Ohio and Greensboro, Georgia, at the home of his daughter, and most recently at St. Mary Hospital Hospice House, Watkinsville, GA.
Previous to attending college, Mr. Marshall served in World War II in the Marine Corp, 4th Division and participated in the landing of Iwo Jima, having received the Purple Heart.
His parents, a brother, Jimmie, and sisters, Dorothy and Lulu, preceded Mr. Marshall in death.
He is survived by his two children, John Scott Marshall, and Lisa Marshall Harper and Dr. D. Conrad Harper; his sister, Evelyn Mitchell; and several nieces and nephews.
A memorial service in celebration of Samuel Marshall's life will be held in the near future in Canton, OH.