MARTIN, Douglas
Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1960 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. Year 1966
HILLSBORO - Funeral services for Douglas Martin, age 64, of Armstrong, Ill., Rt. 1, brother of Francis Martin of Hillsboro, who died Monday morning, Jan. 24 at Burnham City Hospital in Champaign,Ill., were held at 10 a. m. Thursday at the Freese Funeral Home in St. Joseph, Ill. The Rev. Thurman Elkins officiated and burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery at Indianola, Ill
Mr. Martin was born Sept. 13, 1901, in Kingsport, Tenn., the son of Fred and Mary Coley Martin. He was married Sept. I, 1927 at Sidell, Ill., to Ethel Smith, who survives.
He had farmed most of his life and he was a member of the Number 10 Church of Christ at Armstrong.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are one son, Gordon of Danville, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. Virden Wade of Urbana and
Mrs. Gayle Hawk of St. Joseph; three brothers, Francis of Hillsboro and Everett and Vernon, both of Ogden, Ill., and two grandchildren.