The initials M E are what is on his birth record. He was always called M. E. When he and Edna Ruth Underwood went to get married, he was informed that he couldn't put initials on the marriage license, that he had to have a name. He picked 'Marvin' out of thin air. Later his parents told him that he was a JR and his name was Marley Edaniel like his father, but they just put initials on the birth record. His family continued to call him M. E. There are records under his initials, Marvin, and Marley - fun time for genealogy.
The initials M E are what is on his birth record. He was always called M. E. When he and Edna Ruth Underwood went to get married, he was informed that he couldn't put initials on the marriage license, that he had to have a name. He picked 'Marvin' out of thin air. Later his parents told him that he was a JR and his name was Marley Edaniel like his father, but they just put initials on the birth record. His family continued to call him M. E. There are records under his initials, Marvin, and Marley - fun time for genealogy.
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