John Calder Garvin, Jr.


John Calder Garvin, Jr. (Ancestry.com)
 Lawyer

Born:June 2, 1933, Macon, Georgia
Died:November 22, 2008, Huntsville, Alabama
Buried:Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama

Notes:

•  "Born in Macon, Georgia, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Tennessee Tech. University in 1958, and his Juris Doctorate at American University in Washington DC in 1962. He was admitted to the Alabama Federal Bar Association in 1962 and was elected President of the North Alabama Federal Bar Association. Mr. Garvin worked at the Patent Law Division at Redstone Arsenal Missile Command for 28 years and retired as Chief Counsel before opening his own practice in Huntsville. He was privileged to practice law with his daughter, Sylvia.
     John was an active member of St. Mary of the Visitation Catholic Church and the community. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus for 44 years, attaining the rank of Fourth Degree, served as State Deputy (President) of the Alabama State Council of Knights of Columbus from 1982 to 1985 and was named a Knight of St. Gregory (K.S.G.) by Pope Paul VI in 1967. He served as a board member and legal counsel for North Alabama Habitat for Humanity for 12 years, was active with the Boy Scouts, served as a Hospice volunteer and was a member of the American Legion." - Laughlin

•  Husband of Mary Elanor Mazza Farvin (June 4, 1930 - March 2, 2013). They were married on January 15, 1963 at Huntsville, St. Mary of the Visitation Church by Monsignor John McGonegle
     Father of Mary Anastasia "Stacie" Garvin and Sylvia Eleanor Garvin (1964-2002).
     Son of John and Anastasia Garvin. - Tumminello

•  "John and Mary Eleanor met when both were working on Redstone Arsenal. John, who specialized in patent law, was a practicing attorney for the government. He retired after twenty-eight years as Chief Counsel of the Patent Law Division. Mary Eleanor, who had received a degree from the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, was a research specialist in the Scientific Information Center. After their marriage, Mary Eleanor became a stay-at-home mom." - Tumminello


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•  Ancestry.com - Page owned by jimjordan3 and can be viewed only with an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21325466/person/20406705279.)

•  Find A Grave - Page created by Heather.

•  Laughlin - Obituary, 2008. (Originally found at http://www.laughlinservice.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=681857.)

•  Tumminello - A Mighty Fortress of Faith: A History of St. Mary of the Visitation Church, 1861-2011, by Edited by Pat Tumminello, 2012 , pages 192 & 193.