Douglas Martin

Funeral services for Douglas Lynn Martin, 90, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 15, 2011 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Fred Lewis, Rev. Tommy Johnston and Rev. Mark Bryant officiating. A military graveside service under the direction of the Hopkins County Military Coalition will be held at Posey Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Tom Massey, Weldon Glossup, Jamie Brice, Patrick LeMoine, Jerry Freeman, Danny Evans, Zack King and Jackie Boles, Jr. Honorary pallbearers will be Busy Men's Bible Class, J. D. Holder, Red Ferrell and Ray Ferrell. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.
Douglas Lynn Martin passed away Tuesday morning, December 13, 2011 at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Peerless May 8, 1921, the son of Arch Martin and Virgie (Beadles) Martin. He married Gleen Dell Kelley in Sulphur Springs April 13, 1946; she survives. He was a retired dairyman and a member of First Baptist Church. He served in the United States Air Force during World War II. He was awarded the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with two bronze stars and overseas service bar.
Other survivors include: daughter, Mary Boles and husband Jackie of Sulphur Springs; grandchildren, Jackie Boles, Jr. and wife Britnee, Kelli King and husband Zack and Shaunda Knight and husband Joe; great-grandchildren, Natalie Lynn Perry, Jacie Kaye Boles, Mattie Lynn Boles, Jodi Virgel and Brian Virgel and great-great-grandchild, Makenna Stoneberg. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, L. T. (Son) Martin and one great-grandson, Matthew Virgel. Memorials may be made to the Matthew Virgel Scholarship Fund, % Family Fellowship of Greenville, 401 Division Street, Greenville, Texas 75403.