Show A I t r rt t kUi fi fir r 7 it b t REVEREND H. H WAYNE MARRS MARKS services services' services held Rev H. H Wayne Marrs ar Former Resident Dies in Louisiana Word has been received of the death of one of Vernal's prominent prom prominent nent former citizens the Reverend I II Wayne Marrs 54 Rector of th the Church of the Ascension Episcopal Lafayette Lafayette- Louisiana He lIe died at his home Beverly Drive Lafayette Monday of a heart ailment HE WILL also be remembered by his friends in Vernal as Dr Wayne Marrs D D. D C. C chiropractor and community and civic leader Active in the Kiwanis activities activities ac ac- Dr Marrs served as the first president of the South Ogden Kiwanis Club before moving to Vernal in 1946 Here lIere he served as the first vice president of the Vernal organization was president of the group in 1952 and a director for several years Dr Marrs served as Lieutenant Governor Governor Go- Go Go vernor of Division 2 of the Utah Idaho District of Kiwanis and in 1956 1955 presided presided pre pre- sided as Governor of th the Utah Idaho District District Dis Dis- Kiwanis International In 1957 and 1958 he was the Kiwanis International chairman of the Support of Churches committee IN ADDITION to his work in the Kiwanis Club he served as a director of the Vernal Chamber of Commerce pre president of the Knife and Fork Club and was was president of the Uintah County PTA Council Always interested in the youth of the community Dr Marrs formed the first Cub Scout Pack in Vernal In 1949 and served as as' as aster for seven years He Ue was active In the Kiwanis Scout troop and was vice-chairman vice of the Uintah Boy Doy Scout Council He also helped to sooth the bumps and bruises of the Uintah Urn Uin tah Utes Ute's football team for several years Active in Church affairs of the community com corn he served as reader lay-reader Sunday School and teacher in St St. Pauls Paul's Episcopal Church in Vernal and was also reader lay for St St. Elizabeths Elizabeth's Mission in Whiterocks and the Holy Spirit Spir Spir- it Mission in Randlett IN 1960 ho ha left Vernal to enter the ministry ministry min min- of the Episcopal Church and attended attended attended at at- tended the Church Divinity School of the Pacific Berkeley California He lie was ordained t to the Sacred Order of Deacons M May y 27 1961 and on nn November 24 1961 was ordained to the Sacred Order of Priests in St. St Marks Mark's Cathedral Salt Lake City by the Rt nt Rev Richard S. S Watson Episcopal Bishop of Utah The R Reverend Marrs was then assigned assign ed to the vicarage of Carbon County Epis copal Missions and served at St. St Matthews Matthews Matthew's Matthews Matthew's Mat Mat- thew's Episcopal Church at Price and at atthe atthe atthe the Trinity Episcopal Church at Dragerton Drag Drag- erton where he resided IN 1964 he was called to be Cannon Pastor of Christ Church Cathedral in New Orleans and in 1966 was assigned as Rector of the Church of The Ascension Ascension sion where ho he was at the time of his death The Reverend Marrs was born in Hoquiam Washington in 1917 lie He attended attend ed Linfield College in Oregon and graduated graduated grad grad- from Palmer School of Chiropractic tic Davenport Iowa in 1940 IMMEDIATE SURVIVORS are his widow wi wl- dow Nor Norma ma of Lafayette two sons Lawrence Wayne of Austin Texas and James Norman of Odgen Odden and 6 grand children Funeral services and burial will be in New Orleans I |