At the age of 75, Marlon retired from a lifetime of farming. He resides near Lake Guntersville, AL. He was baptized in 1990. After faithfully serving in the church, he was ordained a deacon in 1994 and an elder in 2001. He served the Huntsville, AL Charter Church of the Church of God International (CGI), which later became the Intercontinental Church of God (ICG). He has also served fellowship groups in Florence, AL; Gadsden, AL; Chattanooga, TN; and Atlanta, GA.
Marlon is looking forward to the return of Jesus Christ to establish the government of God over the whole earth and the restitution of all things (Acts 3:21), when the plowman overtakes the reaper (Amos 9:13).