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Submitted: 9/25/15 • Approved: 9/25/15 • Last Updated: 9/28/15 • R1099707-G1099705-S3
1925 - 2011
Bobby
1928 - 2013
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Bobby Doyle Martin passed away in his home in Little Rock, Saturday, August 3, 2013.He was born in 1928 in Martinville, Arkansas. Growing up he lived in Martinville, Greenbrier, Plumerville, Conway, Oklahoma City, and Arizona.
He graduated from Greenbrier High School in1946 and served in the Army in the late 1940’s. In 1953 he married his wife of 58 years, the former Charlene Woolverton. In 1955 he moved his family to Little Rock, where he was a longtime employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. He was a member of Geyer Springs First Baptist Church for 55 years and a longtime resident of the Meadowcliff community in southwest Little Rock.
He is preceded in death by his wife Charlene Martin, parents Harold Martin and Gladys Sams Fuchs, grandson Jeffrey W. Martin, and niece Gail Wise Young.
He is survived by sisters Ann Wise of Midwest City, Ok, and Ruth Martin of Taiwan; two brothers Sonny and Wayne Martin of La Puenta, Ca; a daughter Susan Miller of Little Rock; a son and daughter-in-law Edward and Diane Martin of Lawrenceville, Ga; two grandsons, Mark Miller of St. Louis, Mo and David Martin of Lawrenceville, Ga, and a great granddaughter, Hannah Riley Martin, of Lawrenceville Ga; cousins Becky McCollum of Greenbrier, Ar, Grady and Laverne Martin of Martinville, Ar, and Elizabeth Ann Bearden of Glendale, Az, nephew Jack Wise Jr. of Oklahoma City, Ok, and niece Sandra Wise Nowinski, of Houston Tx.
Funeral service will be 11:00 A.M., August 6, 2013 at Roller-Chenal Funeral Home Chapel (501) 224-8300. Graveside service will be at 3:00 PM the same day at the Martinville Community Cemetery, in Martinville, Arkansas.
The family will receive friends 10:00-11:00 prior to service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family request donations to the Arkansas Baptist Children's Home 222 W. Pope Street, Monticello, Arkansas 71655.
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Charlene Martin passed away in her home in Little Rock, Wednesday, July 20, 2011 after a brief illness. She was born on Christmas Eve, 1925, in Cleveland, Arkansas. She grew up on her parent’s farm on Woolverton Mountain and graduated from Formosa High School in 1942. She attended Central Baptist College and graduated from Arkansas State Teachers College. In 1953 she married her husband of 58 years, Bobby D. Martin, in Morrilton. In 1955 she and her family moved to Little Rock. She and her husband were members of Geyer Springs First Baptist Church for 53 years and were longtime residents of the Meadowcliff community in southwest Little Rock.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Harry P. and Leona Woolverton, and a grandson, Jeffrey W. Martin. She is survived by her husband, Bobby D. Martin; a son and daughter-in-law, Edward H. and Diane Martin of Lawrenceville Ga; a daughter, Susan Miller of Little Rock; two grandsons, Mark Miller of Austin Tx, and David E. Martin, of Lawrenceville Ga.; and one recently arrived great-granddaughter, Hannah Riley Martin, age 4 weeks, of Lawrenceville Ga.
Funeral services will be Saturday, July 23 at 10:00 am at the Roller-Chenal Funeral Home (501)224-8300. Graveside services will be at 2:00 pm the same day at the Martinville Community Cemetery, in Martinville Arkansas.
The family will receive friends 6-8 pm Friday, July 22 at the funeral home.
The family wishes to thank the staff of Arkansas Hospice, especially nurse Deborah Wright and Dr. Santa Cruz, for their help and support.
Contributed on 9/25/15 by hawkinsdonna
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