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Obituary for Marvin Wayne VanBuren Marvin Wayne VanBuren
Retired Greenbrier Painter Was Lewisburg Resident

Marvin Wayne VanBuren, 79, of Lewisburg, West Virginia went home to be with the Lord following a long illness on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at Greenbrier Health Care Center in Fairlea.

Marvin was born February 24, 1940 in Ronceverte to the late Ruben Lawson VanBuren and Hazel Anna Massie VanBuren.

Marvin attended Rhema Christian Center. He loved his family dearly and working in his flower garden, especially his roses. He was an avid hunter, fisherman and was a retired painter with The Greenbrier Hotel.

Other than his parents, Marvin was preceded in death by a sister, Elreta VanBuren and two brothers, Richard VanBuren and Norman VanBuren.

Survivors include his wife of almost 50 years, Rita VanBuren; sons, Wayne VanBuren and wife, Missy, Mark VanBuren, all of Lewisburg; grandchildren, Carleigh, Zackery, Aimee and Grayson VanBuren; great grandchildren, Allison Davidson and Paisley Ryals; brother, Elbert VanBuren and wife, Barbara of Ronceverte; sisters, Anna Gail O'Brien and Delores Hoylman, both of Ronceverte and Betty Mulkey and husband, Charlie of Alderson.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at Rhema Christian Center in Fairlea with Pastor Stewart Farley and Pastor Emory Hanna officiating. Burial will follow at Greenbrier Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Lewisburg.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at Rhema Christian Center in Fairlea.

In lieu of flowers, donations of sympathy may be made to Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg, Calvary United Methodist Church, Richlands, or to Rhema Christian Center.