HERBERT MARTIN
HERBERT CECIL MARTIN OF SALEM, MISSOURI FORMERLY OF QUAKER, MISSOURI WAS BORN NOVEMBER 28, 1908 IN QUAKER, MISSOURI A SON OF THE LATE WALLACE I. AND LOUISA JANE (McCLAIN) MARTIN. HERBERT DIED AUGUST 6, 1999 AT THE SALEM CARE CENTER IN SALEM, MISSOURI AT THE AGE OF NINETY YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS AND EIGHT DAYS.
HERBERT WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MINERVA BLAIR ON MARCH 15, 1936 IN DESLOGE, MISSOURI, THEY WERE BLESSED TO HAVE TWO CHILDREN BORN TO THE UNION. MINERVA PRECEDED HERBERT IN DEATH.
HERBERT IS SURVIVED BY A LOVING AND DEVOTED FAMILY, ONE DAUGHTER, MARY JANE MILLER AND HUSBAND BILL OF OVERLAND, MISSOURI; ONE SON, HAROLD MARTIN AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF SALEM, MISSOURI; FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, LISA MINER AND HUSBAND MARK OF WAYNESVILLE, MISSOURI, BRIAN MARTIN OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, MARLA STRINGER AND HUSBAND JUNIOR OF SALEM, MISSOURI, JENNIFER MILLER OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, KIMBERLY BULL AND HUSBAND LANCE OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, MARK MINER JUNIOR, HANAH STRINGER, MATTHEW MILLER AND DIANA MINER. ONE SISTER, ALICE WILKINSON OF POTOSI AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS AND WIFE, HERBERT WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SIX SISTERS, BEULAH DOWIS, HALLIE RAMSEY, PEARL TEDDER, LENA CHAPMAN, LOLA WILKINSON AND BLANCHE TEDDER. THREE BROTHERS, OLIN MARTIN, LEWIS MARTIN AND WESLEY MARTIN.
HERBERT WAS A CARPENTER BY TRADE AND HAD GREAT PRIDE IN HIS WORK. HE LOVED TO SPEND TIME ON THE FARM WORKING AND CARING FOR THE CATTLE. HIS ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY HIS DOGS WERE VERY SPECIAL TO HIM.
HERBERT WAS A KIND AND LOVING FATHER, GRANDFATHER, BROTHER, UNCLE AND DEAR FRIEND, WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED.
VISITATION WAS HELD SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1999, AT MOORE FUNERAL HOMES IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1999, AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND MARK TURNBOUGH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN ANTIOCH CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, LANCE BULL, MARK MINER, MARK MINER, JR., BRIAN MARTIN, JUNIOR STRINGER AND PETE MARTIN.