Visitation will be held on Friday, July 26, 2024 from 10:00 A.M. until 2:00 P.M. at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Magee. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 26, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Magee. Burial will follow in C.O. & Ruby Martin Family Cemetery in Magee, MS. Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Magee is in charge of arrangements. 601-849-5031
Mr. Martin was a 1964 graduate of Magee High School. He served 12 years with the 20th Special Forces and during that time he had 65 paratrooper jumps. He also had 335 skydiving freefalls. He loved hunting, fishing, and flying his powered parachute. He retired from Mechanical Maintenance in the Nuclear Power Plant Industry.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Melissa Ann Martin; parents, Clinton Otis and Ruby Doris Martin; great- grandchild, Devin Dewayne Sistrunk; aunt, Barbara Red Jones; uncle, Billy Frank McGee.
Survivors include his son, Hank Martin; daughters, Stephanie Martin Purvis (Eddie) and Angela Martin Lott (Jerry); grandchildren, Jennifer Lucas, Jessica Lucas, Brandon Cockrell and Holley Martin (Sam); brother, William Stanley Martin (Judy); great- grandchildren, Clayton Sistrunk, Madyson Jones, CJ Jones and Jenna Grace Jones; nephew, Mike Martin; niece, Michelle Love; family friend, Susan Hodges.
Pallbearers will be Mike Martin, Sam Foster, Eddie Wayne Sullivan, Clayton Sistrunk, C.J. Jones, and Brandon Cockrell.