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Submitted: 10/18/12 • Approved: 10/19/12 • Last Updated: 10/22/12 • R768560-G768558-S3
Roy
Aug 4 1904 - Nov 5 1975
*Obituary
Springdale News
Thursday, November 6, 1975
ROY J. MARTIN
Roy J. Martin, 71, Gentry, died Nov. 5 in Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital. Born Aug. 4, 1904, at Lake Charles, La., he was the son of Ed T. and Elizabeth Maxwell Martin and a retired employe of Kansas City Southern Railroad. He moved to Gentry from Spiro, Okla., in 1938.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Eddie Gladys Allen Martin of the home; four sons, Charlie Martin and Leroy Martin, Rogers, Jimmy Martin, Bentonville, and Orvil Allen Martin, Emporia, Calif.; six daughters, Mrs. LaVonne Poindexter, Stilwell, Okla., Mrs. Mary Margaret Brown and Mrs. Laveta McAllister, Bentonville, Mrs. Georgia McGarrah, Springdale, Mrs. Darlene Carnes, Siloam Springs, and Mrs. Josie Mounce, Gentry; three brothers, Harvey Martin, Buddy Martin and Tom Martin, Sallisaw, Okla.; four sisters, Mrs. Lela Mae England, Mrs. Pluma Hollis and Mrs. Letha Coccerham, Sallisaw, Okla., and Mrs. Junellie Odle of California; 29 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. in Wasson Memorial Chapel, Siloam Springs, with Gene Mason officiating. Burial will be in Gentry Cemetery under the direction of Wasson.
Eddie
1915 - 1995
Contributed on 10/18/12 by wfields55
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