DOTHAN. . .Marvin Richard “Marv” Elliott, a resident of Dothan, died Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at his home. He was 78.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, September 14, 2025, in the Ward-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Thomas Harrison officiating. Entombment will follow in Memory Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:30 until 2:00 P.M. Sunday in the Ward-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel. Holman-Headland Mortuary & Cremations is in charge of funeral arrangements. Flowers will be accepted at the funeral service.
Marv Elliott was born and reared in Mt. Sterling, Ohio, son of the late George Walter Elliott and Alma Virginia Clagg Elliott. He graduated from Madison Mills High School in 1965. Marv served his country in the U. S. Army until he was medically discharged. He started his early working career as a car salesman and became the General Manager of Chillicothe Auto Mall in Chillicothe, Ohio. Marv moved to Dothan in 1999 where he and his son, Bart, established his business, The Gutterman. This business today is a multi-faceted home improvement construction company located on South Park Avenue in Dothan. Marv was the ultimate salesman, a gift which served him well. His dynamic personality drew people to him, many of whom became dear and cherished friends. He loved his kids, family, friends, Alabama football, shooting pool and making money. Marv was a member of the Dothan Elks Lodge No. 1887, the V. F. W. Post No. 3073, and the Eagles Lodge in Ohio. He loved trying to help people that wanted to help themselves. If you did not have the pleasure of knowing Marv, I’m sorry. He was one of a kind and didn’t hold anything back. Marv always said what he had to say and it was his way or no way. He is definitely going to be missed by everyone. Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by five brothers and two sisters.
Surviving relatives include a daughter, Paula Dotson, Grove City, Ohio; two sons, Matt Elliott (Zhanna), Panama City, FL; and Bart Elliott (Darene’), Dothan; a sister, Norman Jean Cloutier, Dothan; a brother, Gary Elliott (Susan), Cowarts; five grandchildren, Stephen Elliott, Kaleb Elliott, Kristina Elliott, Michael Elliott and Laken Elliott, Amber Bryant and Dylan Blankenship; great-grandchildren, Midian Elliott, Ada Bryant and Declan Bryant; numerous nieces and nephews.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Laken Elliott, Stephen Elliott, Jimmy Boin, Tom Haney, Tom Strickland and Bob Oxendine. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be employees of Gutterman.
HOLMAN-HEADLAND MORTUARY & CREMATIONS IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. Phone 334-693-3371. You may sign a guest register at www.holmanmortuaries.com. This establishment does not own a crematory.
