Roger Allen Martin, son of the late James Wayne Martin Sr. and Betty Malone Shipley, was born on December 14, 1958, in Elgin, Illinois, and departed this life on January 1, 2025, at Stonebridge Nursing Home in Marble Hill, Missouri, at the age of 66 years.

Mr. Martin had worked for Taco Bell and the Sheltered Workshop in Dexter. He enjoyed classic rock music and drinking big sodas.

He is survived by three sisters, Bonnie Quick of Salem, Missouri, Carolyn Burke of Georgia, and Mary Martin of Dexter, Missouri; and by many nieces and nephews.

Other than by his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, James Wayne Martin Jr. and Ronnie Dean Martin; and by his step-father, Charles Shipley.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, January 3, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, January 3, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. with Pastor Kathy Medlin officiating. Interment will follow in North Lawn Cemetery in Salem, Missouri.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.