Mr. Marvin Wade Hart

Mr. Marvin Wade Hart, age 61, of McCalla, Alabama passed away on September 11, 2023. Mr. Hart was a 1981 graduate of Albertville High School. He served in the National Guard as a contractor and worked in Bosnia from 1998 until about 2003. While serving in Bosnia, he not only achieved a local hero status, but installed basketball goals for the local children and spent a lot of time, along with his comrades, playing games with and befriending the children in Bosnia. While serving in Iraq during the Gulf War, he was deployed to serve in Iraqi Freedom with one of the first units sent to Iraq as military police were needed and was stationed in Afghanistan for nearly 10 years. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Alabama in 2016. He was serving as a Police Sergeant for the University of Alabama at Birmingham Police Department at the time of his passing. Marvin was a witty, generous and unfailingly loyal son, brother and uncle. He was also a fierce and brave warrior and was proud to defend his country as well as his kin. It is a testimony to his grace and diplomacy that he was deeply loved by every member of his sometimes fractious family and his many friends and "second families" from Bosnia to Baghdad to Birmingham. He loved children, and over the course of his lifetime happily cared for and played with numerous nieces and nephews. He considered his nieces and nephews to be “his children” and was a constant and ongoing part of their lives and adored them. He was a keen pet lover and at the time of his passing was caring for two dogs. Marvin, an avid sportsman, acquired marksman status with the M-16 rifle and Expert marksman status with a 45 pistol. He was also the state welterweight boxing champion in 1980 and continued boxing for several decades after his initial success, receiving numerous trophies and building an impressive record in his boxing career. Honors received, Army Commendation Medal, Army Reserve Components, Achievement Medal (2nd Award), National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Service Star, War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with “M” and Ten-Year Devices, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon with Number 2, Army Services Ribbon, Army Reserve. He is survived by his mother, Lana Jean Joiner; brother, Laurie Brenton Hart; sisters, Beverley Lee Hart, Helen Marie Hart Partrick; brother-in-law, Bobby Partrick; nieces, Brandy Alison Henry, Alana Marie Chapman and Raegan Lillianna “Lilly” (Mack) Fuller; nephew, Joshua Adam (Andrea Kinney) Partrick; grandniece, Finley Reese Partrick; grandnephews, Eli Daniel Chapman, Noah Wade Chapman, Maverick Vaughn Partrick and Beckham Elison Henry; numerous Hart and Joiner cousin, aunts and uncles. Mr. Hart is preceded in death by his father, Bobby Rex Hart; grandparents, Thomas and Eva Mae Hart; Rex and Lillian Joiner. A visitation for Mr. Hart will be held on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm at Adams Brown Service Funeral Home. Funeral service will be held the following day at 11:00 am on Thursday, September 21, 2023 at the North Broad Church of Christ. Mr. Hart will be assisted to his final resting place at Marshall Memorial Gardens Cemetery by the University of Alabama Honor Guard: Sgt John Odom, Sgt Eric White, Sgt Quinton Rowser; Pallbearers: Sgt Steven Gladden, Sgt Brian Anthony, Cpl Kevin Ballard, Cpl Blake Robinson, Officer Chad Carlton, Officer Zaid Edmonds; Last call: Captain Valerie Jackson, Dispatcher Joshua Moore; Bag pipes: Joel Dorning; Honorary Pallbearers: Bobby Partrick, Adam Partrick, Mack Fuller, Ricky King, Keith Hill, and Jeff Morgan; Eulogy: Scott Vinci and Daniel Rogers; Music: Dr. Clay Webber and North Broad Street Church of Christ Choir. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.adamsbrownservicefuneralhome.com for the Hart Family.

Mr. Marvin Wade Hart

September 1, 1962 - September 11, 2023