Buchanan County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Lee Martin

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Bristol Herald Courier
Wednesday, December 11, 2002
     
Lee Martin

    ROWE, Va. -- Mr. Estle Lee Martin, 82, of the Drill community, passed 
away Monday, Dec. 9, 2002, in a Richlands hospital. Born March 8, 1920, in 
Buchanan County, Va., he was a son of the late Arch and Nancy Harris Martin. 
A lifelong resident of the area, he was of the Baptist faith. He was a 
former coal miner and farmer.
    In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister, 
Mrs. Maude Crauce; two brothers, Ed Martin and Clarence Martin; and one 
grandson, William Perkins.
    Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Verdie Mae Coleman Martin of 
the home; three daughters, Mrs. Robert (Patsy) Martin and Mrs. Jerold 
(Sharon) Perkins, both of Honaker, and Mrs. Bob (Sue) Morrison of Abingdon; 
one son, Michael Lee Martin and his wife, Alice of Honaker; eight 
grandchildren, Donny Morrison, Matthew Morrison, Shawna Morrison, Mrs. 
Granger (Lynn) Hickman, Shawn Martin and his wife Mitzi, Aaron Perkins, 
Daniel Perkins and Allen Martin; three great-grandchildren, Whitley 
Morrison, Shelby Morrison and Kade Morrison; one sister, Nell Martin of 
Salem, Va.; and one brother, Ted Martin of Rowe.
    Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Honaker 
Funeral Home Chapel, Honaker, with Rev. Roger Hurley and Rev. Ralph Dye 
officiating. Interment will follow in the Martin Cemetery at Drill, Va.
    Relatives and friends will serve as pallbearers.
    Friends may call at the Honaker Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Wednesday.