Obituaries: David Pearce Martin, 1955, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 30, 1955 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Services For D. P. Martin, 80, Held Wednesday

Funeral services for David Pearce Martin, 80, who died at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday,
at a local hospital, were held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Couley Double
Church, with the Rev. Mrs. Lula Wardlow, Judge Cas Moss, and Rev. L. L. Booth
officiating.  Burial was in Couley Cemetery under direction of Southern
Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were Henry Keiffer, Jess Keiffer, Arnold Bice, Glesner Nichols,
and D. W. Everett.

A retired farmer, Mr. Martin was born, reared, and lived his entire life on
the same farm, 11 miles from Winnfield on the Natchitoches highway.  He was
a descendant of a pioneer family of Winn Parish and was a member of the Calvin
Baptist Church.  His wife, Laura Teddlie Martin, preceded him in death.

He leaves two sons, Asa and Eddie Martin, both of Route 3, Winnfield; three
daughters, Mrs. Lois Everett, Alexandria; Mrs. Alice Kelly, Couley; and Mrs.
Ida Briley, Montgomery; two brothers, Hardy Martin, Calvin, and Al Martin,
of New York; two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Keiffer, Montgomery, and Mrs. Bess
Nichols, Alexandria.