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Submitted: 11/16/21 • Approved: 11/16/21 • Last Updated: 11/19/21 • R469003-G0-S3
April 23, 1926-April 25, 1995
In Loving Memory
Please see A. Louis Martin
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Louis Martin, 69, Rites Will Be Read Thursday
Louis Martin, 69, died Tuesday, April 25, 1995.
Services will be at 3 p.m Thursday in the Wheeler Church of Christ with Bill Morrison, minister, officiating. Burial will be in the Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Martin was born at Wheeler, Texas, on April 23, 1926, to Pyrmon A. and Ardie Sivage Martin. He was raised in Wheeler and was graduated from Wheeler High School. He married Joyce Henson on January 7, 1947, at Wheeler. They lived in McLean, Shamrock and Abilene prior to moving to Amarillo in 1975. They returned to Wheeler in 1989.
Mr. Martin was employed as a distributor for Morton Foods for 21 years, and was employed by Affiliated Foods for 10 years. After he returned to Wheeler he was employed by the Wheeler Independent School District as a bus driver, and also worked for Lee Hardware. He was a member of the Wheeler Church of Christ. Mr. Martin was preceded in death by his father in 1979 and a grandson, Eric Snowden in December, 1994.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce of Wheeler; a son, Joe Wayne Martin of Atlanta, Georgia; a daughter, Gay Louise Snowden of San Antonio, Texas; his mother, Ardie Martin of Wheeler; two brothers, Happy Martin of McAlester, Oklahoma and Bob Martin of Wheeler; a sister, Ida Mae Goad of Wheeler; four grandchildren, Scott Martin, Jeremy Martin, Sara Snowden and Joshua Snowden.
The family suggests memorials be to the Diabetes Association (Box 636, Norman, Ok 73070), American Heart Association or a favorite charity.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Volume 61, Number 21, Thursday, April 27, 1995, Page 1)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Alford Louis Martin
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1926
Birth Place: Wheeler, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 24 Apr 1944
Registration Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Employer: Lee Guthrie
Weight: 143
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: P A Martin
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Alford Louis Martin Self (Head)
P A Martin Father
Texas, Divorce Index, 1968-2014
Name: Alfred L Martin
Gender: Male
Divorce Age: 58
Birth Year: 1926
Marriage Date: 7 Jan 1947
Divorce Date: 23 Aug 1984
Divorce Place: Potter, Texas, USA
Spouse: Joyce L Martin
Number of Children: 0
Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Alford L Martin
Gender: Male
Age: 60
Birth Year: abt 1926
Marriage Date: 8 Jun 1986
Marriage Place: Potter, Texas, USA
Spouse: Joyce L Henson
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Age: 60
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Alfred Martin
Death Date: 25 Apr 1995
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Louis Martin
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1926
Birth Place: Wheeler Whee, Texas
Death Date: 25 Apr 1995
Father: Pyrmon A Martin
Mother: Ardie P Sivage
Signature on SSN Card: Louis Martin
Relationship of Signature: Signature name differs from NH’s name.
Notes: Feb 1943: Name listed as LOUIS MARTIN
Contributed on 11/16/21
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