UPSON COUNTY  GA  Obits Claude C. Martin

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Mr. Claude C. Martin, 60, father of Mrs. H. B.
Braswell of this city, died suddenly Saturday,
January 21, at his home in Barnesville.  Mr. Martin
had lived in Macon until 1911 when moved to
Barnesville.

He is survived by his widow, who before marriage was
Miss Mamie Shivers of Williamson, Ga., four sons,
Felton, George, John Rodgers and Jack Martin, all of
Barnesville, four daughters Mrs. Homer B. Braswell, 
of Thomaston, Mrs. W. D. Waller, of Forsyth, Mrs.
Richard B. Britt of Barnesville and Mrs. W. C.
Chambers of Macon; two brothers, the Rev. J. M.
Martin of Barnesville and E. D. Martin of Forsyth,
and 6 grandchildren.

Mr. Martin was born at Goggins, Ga., in 1873, the
son of Mr. George M. Martin and Mrs. Susan Goodman
Martin of Barnesville.  He was also the father of
Leon Martin, who lost his life in service in France
during the World War and for whom the American
Legion Post in Barnesville is named.

Funeral Services were conducted Sunday afternoon at
the First Baptist Church, Barnesville, of which Mr.
Martin was a member, by the Rev. Harry V. Smith,
pastor and with the Rev. Lawrence Harvey of Forsyth
assisting, and interment was made in Greenwood
Cemetery, Barnesville.