Joseph Marvin Davis

Joseph Marvin Davis passed peacefully through the veil on October 29th, 2024. Marvin was born February 12, 1935, in Prescott, Arizona to Joseph E. Davis and Alice Scott. He attended elementary school, junior high, and high school in Prescott.

After graduating from high school, Marvin joined the Arizona National Guard. In 1954 his family moved to Ehrenburg, Arizona where the family built and ran a Chevron service station. After the business was running well, Marvin went to work for El Paso Natural Gas. In April 1957, Marvin was drafted into the U.S. Army as an infantryman and stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington for two years.

While stationed at Ft. Lewis, Marvin met Wanda Snyder at a young adult dance. After courting for a year, Marvin and Wanda were sealed in the Mesa Temple in April 1959. They moved to Duncan, Arizona where Marvin worked for El Paso Natural Gas and their infant son, Joseph, was born but passed shortly after birth.  Work transferred them to Marana, Arizona where Perry was born. Shortly thereafter, work transferred them to Williams, Arizona where Jean was born.

In 1964, the family moved to Puyallup, Washington where Kent and Paul were born. While in Washington, Marvin became the first “Glass Doctor” for the newly formed business, “The Glass Doctor.” In 1971, the family moved to Mesa, Arizona where Emily was born. In Mesa, Marvin worked with his brother, John, at Canyon State Awning until 1996, when he went to work for Farnsworth Homes until he retired in 2003.

Marvin was very active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. During his lifetime, he served in many positions in the Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Explorer programs, including Cub Master, Scout Master, Explorer Advisor, etc. Marvin was known for his strenuous, challenging, but fun 50-mile hiking adventures that challenged the young men under his tutelage. Marvin served in many church callings, including Sunday School presidencies, branch presidencies, ward clerk, ward executive secretary, multiple bishoprics, the first bishop of the newly formed Mesa 76^th Ward, high counselor, stake missionary, Stake Patriarch, Temple Ordinance Worker, and Temple Sealer.

Marvin cherished the opportunities he had, both as a temple sealer to seal hundreds of couples in live sealings (including some of his own grandchildren) and thousands of couples in proxy sealings, and as a stake patriarch to welcome into his home over 2,000 individuals (including many of his own grandchildren) for patriarchal blessings.

Marvin is preceded in death by both of his parents, his brothers, John and Norman, and his infant son, Joseph. Marvin is survived by his wife, Wanda, and their five children – Perry (Molly) Davis, Jean Davis, Kent (Joy) Davis, Paul (Wendy) Davis, Emily (Russell) McElhaney, 17 grandchildren, and 32 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister, Carolyn Payne; his sisters-in-law, Loretta Haynie Fulk and Diana Davis; and his brother-in-law, Buck Snyder.  

Marvin was a true disciple of Jesus Christ, a wonderful son, husband, father, grandpa, great-grandpa, brother, uncle, and cousin. During his life, he touched so many lives. In the end, he slipped peacefully through the veil with his family around him. Though he will be missed, we know he is having a marvelous reunion with his parents, brothers, son and so many others.

Arrangements by Bunker’s Garden Chapel, www.bunkerfuneral.com. Should this obituary appear anywhere but bunkerfuneral.com, please check our website for accurate details and service information.