Obituary of Mabel E. Martin

MartinMabel Visitation Thursday, November 6, 2008 4-8 PM Polng-St. Clair Funeral Home Funeral Services Friday, November 7, 2008 1 PM Funeral Home Burial Point Pleasant Cemetery Mabel Ellenor Martin Mabel Ellenor Martin, age 96, of Buckhannon, WV died Monday, November 3, 2008 at Camden-Clark Hospital in Parkersburg, WV. She was born May 20, 1912 in Holly Grove, WV, a daughter of the late William Brown and Lucretia Curry Sayre. On February 6, 1938 she married Orza J. Martin who preceded her in death on December 20, 1998. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by one brother, William Brooks Sayre and one sister, Cozbi Chandler. She is survived by one son, David Martin and wife Barbara of Emmitsburg, MD; two daughters, Linda Martin of Lake Placid, FL and Lois Chichester of Vienna, WV; one grandson, Scott Chichester of Vienna; four granddaughters, Pamela Travis of Mineral Wells, WV, Brenda Wix of Vienna, Marianne Kreiner of Germantown, MD and Aimee Martin of Emmitsburg; ten great-grandchildren and one sister, Juanita Linger of Frederick, MD. Mrs. Martin was a school teacher for the Upshur County Board of Education. She was a member of the Upshur County retired school employees, the Upshur County Historical Society, a former homemaker extension worker and helped establish 4H Clubs and a member of the First United Methodist Church. Friends will be received Thursday, November 6, 2008 from 4-8 PM at the Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 1 PM on Friday at the funeral home with the Rev. Billee Scott Mick officiating. Burial will follow in the Point Pleasant Church Cemetery at Abbott, WV. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.polingstclair.com. Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.