Mrs. Martin was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and daughter. On June 1, 1962, she was united in marriage to Gary L. Martin at the Assembly of God Church in Essex, Missouri. She was a member of Sadlers Chapel UMC in Dexter and worked as a beautician, bookkeeper and phlebotomist throughout her career in the area.
Survivors include her husband, Gary; daughters, Andrea, Kendra and Eleshia; grandsons, Allan and Gavin; sons-in-law, Scott Terrill and Mike Cramblitt; sister, Anna Lois and Floyd Malone of Phoenix, Arizona; brothers, Robert and LaVonne Wilson of Dixon, Missouri; Edward Wilson of Wren, Georgia, Loren and Gloria Wilson of Essex, Missouri; and sister-in-law, Joyce Wilson Lacey, of Dexter, Missouri; in addition to many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Cheryl Martin Boyd; granddaughter, Ariel Boyd; sister, Catherine Rodgers; brother, Nelson Wilson; and nephew, Ben Kruse.
Visitation will be held Friday, November 30th, from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M., at Sadlers Chapel UMC in Dexter. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, December 1st, at 11:00 A.M., at Sadlers Chapel UMC with Rev. Tony Phillips officiating. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery. Funeral arrangements will be conducted by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Mrs. Martin’s memory to 18 Fore Life, 705 Laurie Circle, Dexter, Missouri 63841 or to Eleshia Martin’s college fund.
