Former banker Marvin Gary Vann, 70, died Aug. 4, 2024, at Heart Hospital of Austin.
Funeral services will be held Aug. 9 at First Baptist Church in Lampasas at 2 p.m., with visitation an hour prior. Burial will follow at Naruna Cemetery in Burnet County. Sneed-Carnley Funeral Chapel has charge of arrangements.
Vann was born on Jan. 18, 1954, in Burnet to Marvin Henry Vann and Ila Christine Manning Vann.
He and his brothers grew up on the Vann Ranch in Burnet County along the Colorado River where he was a fourthgeneration rancher. There, the Vanns raised beef cattle and Angora goats.
In his youth, Vann was a member of 4-H and FFA. He exhibited commercial show steers locally as well as throughout Texas.
Vann graduated from Lampasas High School in 1972. He attended Tarleton State University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in agriculture education and became a member of the Rifle Team.
After college, Vann began his career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Glen Rose. Shortly afterward, he accepted a position with Farmers Home Administration in Nacogdoches, beginning his long-term banking career. Later, Vann transferred to the San Saba office and returned home to the Vann Ranch.
In 1981, he was hired to become the vice president of United Peoples Bank and later established the Lampasas branch of First State Bank of Burnet. Vann spent the next 20 years serving the community of Lampasas, specializing in farm and ranch lending.
After his banking career, Vann went to work for Camber Corp., where he traveled the world repairing small arms and optics for the United States Department of Defense.
In 1977, Vann married Jan Whitis in Lampasas. They were married for 47 years.
Vann was a member of the Lampasas Kiwanis Club, First Street Church of Christ, Sons of Confederate Veterans-Camp 578, The National Rifle Association and a director of the Lampasas County Livestock Association. He was an avid outdoorsman, always looking for an opportunity to go hunting and fishing.
He also had a deep love for family genealogy and history. Those who knew Vann knew he loved the Civil War and was thrilled to find that his great-greatgrandfather Jordan Fleming Crews was a captain in the Georgia Cavalry for the Confederate States of America.
Vann was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, John and Jewel Vann; his maternal grandparents, Cortis and Dera Manning; and his father, Marvin Henry Vann.
He is survived by his spouse, Jan Vann of Lampasas; sons Kyle Vann and Reese Vann (Anissa Vann and Easton Hurst) of Lampasas; brothers Robby Vann (Leigh Vann) and Danny Vann (Amy Vann); grandchildren Reagan Vann and Sutton Vann; his mother, Christine Vann; as well as various cousins, nieces and nephews.
Memorial donations may be made to Naruna Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 222, Lampasas, TX, 76550, or to the Lampasas County Livestock Association, P.O. Box 504, Lampasas, TX 76550.
