Dorothy Martin  Obit

Rains County Leader 

Rains Co Cemeteries of TX

Submitted by Elaine Nall Bay

Dorothy Martin
1910 - 2004
Funeral services for Dorothy Martin, 93, of Roswell, N.M., will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, at Pilgrim Rest No. 2 Baptist Church in Golden, with Bro. Louis Strehlow officiating. Burial will be in Pilgrim Rest No. 2 Cemetery under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home of Alba. Pallbearers will be Larry Hughes, Darrell Galyean, Kenny Ruelas, Jim Spurgeon, Will Holland, and Ronnie Galyean. Mrs. Martin died Friday, March 19, 2004, at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center, Roswell, N.M. She was born June 22, 1910, in New York City, N.Y. She spent her childhood in Kansas, and lived most of her life in Roswell, N.M. She lived four years in the Alba/Grand Saline area before moving back to Roswell in 1989. She was a homemaker and a member of Pilgrim Rest No. 2 Baptist Church in Golden. She is survived by sons Adelbert Martin of Dallas, and Michael and Linda Martin of Alba; daughter, Loretta Marker of Dallas; 13 grandchildren, and numerous great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her adoptive mother, Katherine Bergman; husband, Adelbert Martin; son, Jerry Martin; two daughters, Patricia Martin and Lei Latner. --- Rains County Leader, March 23, 2004