Brice Felix Marsh

Brice Felix Marsh, age 86, went to be with his heavenly father on February 1, 2025. Brice placed his trust in Jesus Christ at a young age and was recently a member of Central Baptist Church in Argo, Alabama along with his wife of 13 and a half years, Leigh Marsh. Brice was a husband, father, and grandfather who dearly loved his family. He is survived his loving and devoted wife, Marilyne Leigh Marsh (since 2011); daughter, Terri Lanette Murphy (Jim), son, Kevin Lamar Marsh (Julie), grandchildren, Jonathan Marsh, Sarah Marsh, Anna Marsh; stepdaughter, Darla O’Roark; stepson, Lance White (Cathy); step-grandchildren (twins): Dustin White (Bri) and Dylan White (Georgia); and a great grandchild due this year. Also, Brice is also survived by his stepson, Richard Irvin (Chandra); step granddaughter, April Kaleoaloha (Kaleikoa) from his previous marriage to the late Mary Ellen Marsh in 1979, who later died from a brain aneurism. Born on July 31,1938 in Blount County, Alabama, Brice was the only son to Ollin B. and Bertha Marsh who were both musically talented. Ollin was a gospel singer and played the guitar, fiddle and harmonica; Bertha played the piano and organ. They were the influence for Brice’s love of gospel music. Brice worked on his family farm as a teenager, helped his parents in their family-owned store, and graduated from Locust Fork High School as the valedictorian and class president in 1956. He received a scholarship to Auburn University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1960 and was inducted into the Kappa Delta Pi honor society. At Auburn, Brice was a founding member of a gospel singing quartet called, “The Auburn Plainsmen”. After college, he married Mary Lillian Jones (a registered nurse and mother to Terri and Kevin) and taught math at Shades Valley High School until 1962. Following his teaching career, he held various information systems technology related leadership positions at IBM, Royal Cup Coffee, and DeltaCom. His most recent career included working at the Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) in Huntsville where he worked as the Senior Computer Scientist. That led to a series of assignments at NASA at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, a position he held until his retirement in 2009, after a career of 49 years. Brice’s many talents consisted of being a writer, public speaker, gospel singer, church and community leader as well as a conservative political activist, certified professional facilitator, and most recently an executive producer of the annual “Keep Christmas Alive” program that started in 2005 and ran for eight years. Brice often was invited to speak and present his published technical papers at conferences in Washington D.C., Hawaii, Canada, and Harvard University, and published his first book in 2002 entitled, “Unleashing Teen Brainpower – Our Most Valuable Untapped Resource” featuring the words, ideas, and recommendations by teenagers from his facilitator-led teen think tank sessions. In his earlier years, Brice was very active in Republican politics serving in different capacities from county chairman to district, to state, including state campaign chairman for presidential candidate, Ronald Reagan. Visitation will be held in the sanctuary of Central Baptist Church in Trussville, Alabama at 12:00 PM with the memorial service following at 1:00 PM. Officiating the service will be Rev. Paul Brasher, Pastor of Central Baptist Church, Trussville, Alabama, and Rev. John Killian. Also, speaking will be his son, Kevin Marsh. For those who would like to make donations in honor and memory of Brice Marsh, please consider donating to Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, Utah. The website is https://bestfriends.org/.

Brice Felix Marsh

July 31, 1938 - February 1, 2025