Paul Allen Mcgarvey

Paul Allen McGarvey, age 94, of Hillsboro passed away Monday, March 8, 2021, at home. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 12, 2021, at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel in Hillsboro with Rev. Richard Foth officiating. Burial will take place on March 16, 2021 at 10:15 a.m. at Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery. A visitation will be held prior to the service from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 12, 2021, at the funeral home. Facial masks and social distancing will be required.

Paul was born February 13, 1927, in Alton, Illinois to Edgar and Mabel (Ballard) McGarvey. He graduated from Alton High School and received a masters in Education from Eastern Illinois University. Paul coached basketball, football, and baseball for 18 years at the secondary level in Illinois. Paul served as the Director of Men’s Ministers at the National Assembly of God headquarters in Springfield, MO from 1972-1982. He served as the Associate Pastor at Calvary Temple Assembly in Naperville, IL from 1982-1994. Paul also served as Associate Pastor at Northland Cathedral in Kansas City, MO from 2005- 2018, retiring at the age of 91. He also served his country during WWII in the Army Air Force.

Coach Paul served his Lord and Savior his entire life and spread the word of Jesus Christ here in the United States and many countries around the world. “Well done, good and faithful servant,” Matthew 25:23.

Paul is preceded in death by Lois Eileen McGarvey, wife of 70 years; son, Stephen McGarvey, of Kansas City, MO; and brother, David McGarvey, Alton, IL.

He is survived by son, Stan McGarvey and wife, Linda, of Hillsboro, TX; granddaughter, Elizabeth Lindgren of Kansas City, MO; grandsons, David Paul McGarvey of Hillsboro, TX and John Ross McGarvey of Center, TX; and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral service will be streamed live on the Marshall & Marshall Facebook page.

In lieu of flowers donations to "Risen Church Building Fund" Online giving- risenchurch.securegive.com or by mail- Risen Church, P. O. Box 796, Hillsboro, TX 76645.