City Church of Charleston wants to redeem space where Marley Lion was slain

    City Church of Charleston pastor John Pharis (left) and Hollin Snipe, a parishioner and contractor volunteering in the renovation, talk about fixing up a former bar off Savannah Highway to be their new worship space.

    City Church of Charleston pastor John Pharis (left) and Hollin Snipe, a parishioner and contractor volunteering in the renovation, talk about fixing up a former bar off Savannah Highway to be their new worship space. Buy this photo

    The camera mounted under the eave (upper left) captured the fatal assault on Marley Lion when he parked under the lamp post (left) to sleep in the middle of the night back in June. City Church of Charleston is fixing the former bar on the first floor of this building off Savannah Highway to be its new worship space.

    The camera mounted under the eave (upper left) captured the fatal assault on Marley Lion when he parked under the lamp post (left) to sleep in the middle of the night back in June. City Church of Charleston is fixing the former bar on the first floor of this building off Savannah Highway to be its new worship space. Buy this photo

    Marley Lion

    Marley Lion