LAPEL — Already serving the community in one capacity, Noah Bozell will add town councilman to his responsibilities for Lapel.

Bozell, 21, is one of the co-owners of Hersberger-Bozell Funeral Home in Lapel and is the corporation’s secretary-treasurer.

Beginning in 2022, he will also be a member of the Lapel Town Council.

On Monday, a caucus among the three Madison County Republican party committeemen determined Bozell will be the replacement for councilman Tom Marvel, who is resigning from the board this month.

“I had a couple people in the community reach out to me that thought I might be a good fit,” Bozell said. “I’m a business owner in Lapel and I thought it’d be great to open up another way for me to serve the community.”

Marvel was appointed to the board in July of 2018, replacing Clay Parkison, who had been appointed a few months earlier to replace Matt Cates, who moved out of Lapel.

Currently the vice-president of the board, Marvel is stepping down to concentrate on a new position at Lapel Stony Creek Township Fire Territory. In November, he was elected to be the department’s chief, which includes a two-year term from 2022-24.

Bozell will complete Marvel’s term, which runs through the end of 2022. The seat will be open for election next year.

If he seeks election, it will be the second time Bozell has run for a political office.

Bozell was on the ballot for the June 2, 2020 Republican primary, running for Madison County coroner.

He lost the primary election to Troy Abbott, who later defeated Democrat Danielle Dunnichay-Noone in the November 2020 election.

“I kind of got my feet wet politically (in the coroner race) and I thought this might be a good way to give back to my community a little more,” Bozell added.

Bozell is a graduate of Anderson High School and a lifelong resident of Madison County. He has lived in Lapel since 2018. Earlier this year, he graduated from Mid-America College of Funeral Service in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

“I think everyone knows Lapel and south Madison County is going to grow, being right on the I-69 corridor,” Bozell said. “I just want to make sure we can control and be responsible with that growth. That’s really what I’m excited about, to see the town grow and prosper.”