Guitar-strumming retired BJ photographer Tom Marvin and wife Kay Ann Shaffer Marvin of Coshocton celebrated their 30^th wedding anniversary down on their farm not far from Salt Fork State Park.

Tom and Kay live in Guernsey County, near I-77 and north of Cambridge. Their neighbor is Mark Kovack, who once handled computers for the BJ.

They met when Tom was transportation supervisor and Kay was a school secretary for the same school district.

Tom and Kay have traveled thousands of miles through Canada, Mexico and all 50 states in the USA.

Perry High and University of Akron graduate Tom retired from the BJ in 2001. Later, from the Ridgewood school district.

Tom and Kay have seven his and hers children.

His are Steve Marvin, a bank assistant vice president who lives in Cambridge; Brian Marvin, who lives in Worthington 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 teacher, with a son, Jackson Marvin Stevens.

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 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Tom’s only sister, Marty Marvin Stiner, lives in Tom’s birthplace, Canton.

Tom’s first wife was former BJ reporter Pam McCarthy, a legendary former teacher at Hoover High School in North Canton.

Tom’s email address is tmarvin7471@gmail.com

His mailing address is 

74321 Birch Rd
Kimbolton, OH 43749

His phone number is (740) 498-7471.