Former BJ photographer Tom Marvin whips up a tasty “low country boil” on his Guernsey County farm near Kimbolton, Ohio and Salt Fork Lake State Park.

Low country boil is a southern specialty. In Tom’s case, he used shrimp, andouille sausage, red potatoes, corn on the cob, old bay seasoning & shrimp boil seasoning.

Tom and wife Kay Ann Shaffer Marvin, a Coshocton gal, worked in the Ridgewood school district – Tom as transportation supervisor and Kay as school secretary – before his 2001 retirement. They have been married 26 years.

If you want to enjoy his culinary talents or just want to catch up on his life since the BJ, you can email him at tmarvin@sota-oh.com or phone him at (740) 498-7471 or drop him a note at:

Tom Marvin

74321 Birch Road

Kimbolton, OH 43749

A one-time BJ computer tech, Mark Kovach, lives nearby.

Tom and Kay don’t always hang around, though, so better check before showing up. They’ve been to every state except Alaska and have taken their camper on 3,000-mile trips, with Tom strumming his guitar at nights around the campfire.

To keep busy, Tom also built his barn.

Tom and Kay have seven children between them.

His are Steve Marvin, a bank assistant vice president who lives in Cambridge, Ohio; Brian Marvin, who lives in Worthington, Ohio and is a Reynoldsburg police detective; Misty Bellon, a registered nurse living in Eunice, Louisiana, who is married with a son, Nick; and Beth Marvin Stevens, a Los Angeles attorney, from Tom’s marriage to former BJ staffer and retired Hoover High School English and journalism teacher Pam McCarthy.

Kay’s children are Tim Wilson, an electric company forester in Florida; Debi Geese, who lives in Fresno, Ohio and is married with two children; and Brett Wilson, a contractor in Coshocton.

Tom and Kay have eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.