Marjorie Lucille Martin

Published 9:10 am Wednesday, July 26, 2017

By Holley Cochran

Funeral services for Mrs. Marjorie Lucille Martin were held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 13, 2017, at Hopewell Presbyterian Church.  Mrs. Martin, 90, passed away Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at her residence.

Rev. Joe Gardner will officiate. There was a special reading by her granddaughter, Reagan Belle Martin. Interment followed in Hopewell Cemetery.

Visitation was Thursday, July 13, 2017, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. at Hopewell Presbyterian Church.  Saulters Moore Funeral Home of Prentiss is in charge of all arrangements.

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Pallbearers were Eddie Touchstone, Richard Martin, Garland Mims, Scott Wynn, Lyle Hubbard and Mitchell Roberts.

Mrs. Martin was born on April 17, 1927, in Louise, Texas.  She was the daughter of James E. and Sarah Goode. She was a homemaker.  She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Magee and in later years attended Hopewell Presbyterian Church with her daughter.

She is survived by one daughter, Cinde (Eddie) Touchstone of Prentiss; two sons, A. Grady Martin, Jr. of Prentiss and James A. (Donna) Martin of Magee; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 48 years, Alfred Grady Martin Sr.; four sisters and one brother.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to  Kindred Gentiva Hospice Foundation, 106 Riverview Drive, Flowood, MS 39232 (tax ID: 2851746) or Hopewell Cemetery Fund, 101 Hwy 541 South, Mt. Olive, MS 39119.

Online condolences and a guest registry are available at www.saultersmoorefuneralhome.com.

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