McMinnville resident and Coffee County native Marshall Leon Cathey, 85, was born Feb. 23, 1927 and died July 24 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville following a brief illness. A retired school teacher, United States Army veteran of Korea and member of East End Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Samuel Wade and Mattie Lou Harrell Cathey. In addition his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister, Barbara Jean Cathey and three brothers, J.N., Bill and Buddy Cathey.