Marion retired from the banking industry in 2021 after a 36-year career, much of it in southeastern North Carolina. He was a trustee of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and an advisory board member of the university’s Endowment Fund. He also served on the boards of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce and Wilmington Business Development. He volunteered as a member of the Executive Board of the Cape Fear Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
Marion is from Wilmington and graduated from East Carolina University and the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University.