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Dwight Austin Martin
Dec 5, 2012
Dec. 5, 2012
Dwight Austin Martin, 75, of Decatur, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga.
He was a faithful member of Boyd Memorial First Church of God, where he was a deacon and adult Sunday school teacher and filled in to preach occasionally. A member of the American Legion in Decatur, and a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, he will be greatly missed, and was loved by all.
A son of the late Glenn and Vennie Martin, he was preceded in death by his wife of 50 years, Wanda Ruth Martin; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Joe and Helen Martin and Wayne Martin and Doris Atkins; one sister, Viola Jane Martin; grandparents and several aunts and uncles.
Survivors include his wife of two years, Linda Lou Martin of Decatur; two daughters and sons-in-law, Angela Dixon and Steve Samples of Decatur, and Donna and Willis Owens of Zion, Ill.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Roger and Tonia Martin of Athens, and Brian and Stephanie Martin of Decatur; grandchildren, Candice and Paul Schultz, Carley Dixon, Nicholas Owens, Stephanie Owens, Melia, Katie and Michael Martin, Whitney and Emily Martin and Bridgett, Brandon and Dylan Crisp; great-grandchildren, Grant and Hayden Weber and Arianne Schultz; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Faye and Roy Crabtree, Joyce and Carl McLemore and Ann and Frank Waldrop; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 8 p.m. Friday in the South Chapel of Bordwine Funeral Home with the Rev. Raymond Clore officiating. Burial will be 9 a.m. Saturday in McMinn Memory Gardens.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Bordwine Funeral Home of Etowah is in charge of arrangements. If you are unable to attend, sign the guest registry at www.bordwinefuneralhome.com
