Marvin Wesley “Bob” Venable, age 92, died peacefully at home with his family by his side. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 11:30 am in Parkhill Cemetery with David Spiece officiating.
Bob was born in Columbus, Georgia on March 15, 1929, the son of Nellie Lee Smith Venable and William Marvin Venable. He attended public schools in Columbus and worked with his hands as a talented machinist who worked for himself and for others during a long career in that field that ended when he retired from Kemet Electronics, formerly Union Carbide. In retirement, Bob and his brother John spent hundreds of hours of precious windshield time over many years while delivering copies of Columbus and the Valley magazine to single copy locations around town.
An active, engaged member and deacon at Rose Hill Church of Christ, he was a soft-spoken man who led with a keen sense of family, of right and wrong and where exactly to be standing when the line formed at a picnic potluck meal. Many of those potluck meals were at the home of Bob’s brother and sister-in-law John and Ann Venable, where Bob challenged all comers to games of billiards and ping pong. His love for racquet sports spanned his life with him playing a better than respectable game of tennis into his very late 80s. He was even seen playing again once less than a week after receiving treatment after having suffered a mild stroke.
He is predeceased by his wife, Margie Craft Venable, siblings Joe, John and Paul Venable and Betty Scott.
Survivors include his sister, Ruth Venable Martin of North Carolina, a daughter, Jan Venable Davenport and son-in-law George Davenport, and their children Dalton, Carson and Karrigan Davenport and many beloved nieces and nephews. He also has two surviving sisters-in-law, Ann Venable of Columbus, GA and Montez Venable of St. Petersburg, FL.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.shcolumbus.com for the Venable family.
