Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Martin, Rev. Luther June 16, 1957 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net July 13, 2010, 5:27 pm The Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, Monday, June 17, 1957 The Rev. Luther Martin, 63, died at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at his residence, 611 Crescent street, Grand Rapids. Born June 29, 1893 in Montcalm county, he is a son of Mrs. John J. Martin of Ionia and the late John J. Martin. He was preceded in death by his father in 1937 and his sister, Pearl James in 1954. The Rev. Martin was a member of Wealthy Street Baptist church, where he was ordained in 1946. Surviving are his wife, Doris and four daughters, Mrs. Marie DeGroot, the Misses Vivian, Doris and Bernice, five grandchildren, all of Grand Rapids; his mother, two brothers, Roy J. of Grandville and Jay of Ionia and two sisters, Mrs. Harlon Eggleston and Mrs. Richard Hogan of Ionia. Prayer service will be conducted Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock at the Eggebeen funeral chapel in Grand Rapids and funeral services will be held at the North Plains Union church, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. Dr. David Otis Fuller, pastor of Wealthy Street Baptist church will officiate. Interment will be in North Plains cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/martin6827nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb