Laura Lee Lyons Martin

Laura Lee Lyons Martin, 94, of Philpot died Wednesday, the 21st of May, 2008 at Owensboro Medical Health System. Born January 25, 1914 on a Daviess County farm, a daughter of the late William Gregory Lyons and Mary Florence Rogers Lyons, her early life was typical of the period as she plowed behind a mule and on occasion rode a horse to the Snowball one-room grammar school and later to Whitesville High School, from which she graduated. A writer of poetry and a published book of memoirs, Mrs. Martin loved the outdoors, the hills, trees, grass, and flowers. She enjoyed tending her garden. Mrs. Martin was a member of Dawson Baptist Church. She was an avid quilter, having made quilts for each of her children and grandchildren, with those for her great-grandchildren in progress. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Thomas Martin in 1977, a son, Jerry Lindsey Martin in 1981, a grandson, Michael Gabbert in 2004, her sisters, Juanita H. Lyons, Maxine Lancaster Carrico, and Frankie Mae Howard, and her brother, Nathaniel Lyons.

Survivors include her sons, Kenneth Martin of Philpot, Randall Martin and his wife Heidi, and Orville Lee Martin, all of Owensboro, Roger Martin and his wife Brenda of Jackson, SC, and Jeffrey Scott Martin and his wife Debbie of Philpot; her daughters, Marilyn Williams and her husband Clyde and Teena Cline and her husband David, all of Owensboro, and Nina Kestner of Franklin, TN; a daughter-in-law, Barbara Martin of Philpot; 14 grandchildren, 8 step-grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.

Services, officiated by the Rev. Craig Bratcher, are at 12:00 noon Friday at Glenn Funeral Home, where visitation will be from 2:00 until 8:00 p.m. Thursday and after 9:00 a.m. Friday, with burial to follow in Rosehill Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Memorial Fund of Dawson Baptist Church.