Taps

 Day is done, gone the sun
 from the lake, from the hill, 
 from the sky.

 All is well, safely rest.
 God is nigh.

 Thanks and praise for our days
'neath the sun, 'neath the stars,
'neath the sky.

 As we go, this we know.
 God is nigh.

James R. Martin, 77, of Mexico, died at 12:00 a.m. Sunday, September 28, 2003, at his home in Mexico.

Graveside services will be held Monday, September 29, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. in Centralia Cemetery with Rev. Weldon Forman officiating. Visitation will be Monday from 1 until 2 p.m. at Pickering Funeral Home.

Mr. Martin was born Sept. 4, 1926, in Mexico, a son of Owen Whitten and Nellie Daisey (Herron) Martin. On Oct. 8, 1948, in Mexico he married Mabel A. Phillips, who survives at the home in Mexico.

Other survivors include two daughters, Deborah Mackey and her husband Kenny of Centralia, and Sandra Kay Swanson and husband Dennis of Auxvasse; 3 granddaughters, Kimberly A. Evans of Columbia, Ellen J. Raines and Sarah K. Raines, both of Centralia.

Three brothers, Homer, Wallace, and O.W. “Junior,” preceded him in death.

Mr. Martin served in the Air Force during Viet Nam and he served in the Navy during World War II. He had also worked at A.P. Green Refractories.

Memorials may be given to Missouri Cancer Associates or to Missouri River Hospice. They may be sent in care of Pickering Funeral Home, 403 N. Western, Mexico, MO 65265.

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