George Howell Marsh

George Howell Marsh, Jr., passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2005. George was born July 16, 1942 in Sweetwater, Texas, and his family moved to Austin in 1950. He graduated from St. Stephens Episcopal School in 1961 and was named Best All-Around Athlete of his class. At the University of Texas, George was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity and the UT Freshman Golf Team. He graduated with a B.B.A. in Finance. For the last seventeen years, he has been Manager and Chief Financial Officer for La Vida Marine Center & Independent Boat Yard in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. There he was president and longtime member of the Texas Society. We remember George for his deep love of his family and friends, as well as for his lifelong passion for golf. George won golf tournaments all his life; two of the most outstanding in the Virgin Islands are the St. Thomas Amateur Championship and the Eastern Caribbean Golf Championship. Still playing scratch golf in his sixties, he played against other islands in the Caribbean as a member of the St. Thomas Golf Association. George battled cancer with a positive attitude and sense of humor that his friends found amazing. He was preceded in death by his father, George Howell Marsh, Sr., and his mother, Elizabeth Faulkner Marsh. George was fun loving, unpretentious, kind, and honest, and will be deeply missed by his two sisters, Mary Marsh Flournoy and Elizabeth (Beth) Marsh Baldwin and her husband Robert Baldwin. He is also survived by his niece, Mary Elizabeth Baldwin, and nephews, Donald Marsh Flournoy and Royce Howell Flournoy. George was incredibly lucky to have devoted friends to support him through the last few years. In particular, special thanks go to Charles Avery, Alan and Janice Bergstrom, Nora Chapman, Jack Faulkner, Patricia Fleming, Melissa Foreman, Sidney Lock, Claudia Middleton, Richard Nelson, Tinsley Penick, David Perry & Rene Haas, Lori Sawyer, Sadi Sparks, Lisa Taylor, and the generous caretakers of Hospice Austin’s Christopher House. A celebration of George’s life will be held on Saturday, October 8, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. in the St. Stephens Episcopal School Chapel. A memorial service to George’s life is also planned in St. Thomas, USVI yet to be announced. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Austin or the George Marsh Memorial Youth Golf Fund, c/o Tinsley Penick, 8820 Business Park Dr., Suite 100, Austin, Texas, 78759. Obituary and guestbook available online at wcfish.com