Darryl Eugene Marsh, 49, of Wilmington, North Carolina, passed away unexpectedly August 17, 2017. Darryl was born in Jefferson County, Alabama to Walter Eugene Marsh and Betty Margaret Logan Marsh. He lived most of his life in the Birmingham, AL area and moved from Alabaster, AL to Wilmington, NC about six years ago. Darryl was a 1987 graduate of Mortimer Jordan High School where he was a former football player, and in 1988 he attended Samford University where he studied engineering and played college level football as a defensive tackle. Darryl worked for a few years in a steel plant in Birmingham before becoming an entrepreneur with his own contracting business, Marsh Painting. He became a well-known contractor servicing Jefferson and Shelby County for most of his adult life. In 1995 he met his wife, Laylah, of 22 years and they created a family together with their five children: Ethan (1997), Brayden (2002), Natalie (2003), Gavin (2007) and Chelsea (2011). He was preceded in death by his infant sister, Margaret Michelle Marsh and his mother, Betty Logan Marsh. In addition to his wife and children Darryl is survived by his father, Walter "Gene" Marsh and step mother Lorraine Lynn Marsh of Boaz, AL and his brother, Christopher Lynn Marsh (Penny) of Scotts Bluff, NE. Funeral Services will be held at 2PM, Sunday August 20, 2017 at Winter Park Baptist Church. The family will receive condolences at a reception immediately following the service in Allen Hall. A graveside burial service will be held at 2PM, Monday, August 21, 2017 in the Marsh Family Cemetery in Locust Fork, AL. In lieu of Flowers you can make donations to the Marsh Children Education Fund at First Bank of Wilmington. Blount County/Cleveland Funeral Home and Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home Wilmington Chapel is in charge of arrangements.