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The Twenty-Third Psalm

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul;
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through
the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil for thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies.
Thou anointest my head with oil;
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy
shall follow me all the days of my life
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
for ever.

Mildred M. Martin, 87, Mexico, died at 3:00 a.m. Sunday August 10, 2003, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, August 13 at 1:00 PM at Pickering Funeral Home with Rev. Randy Sawyer officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday, August 12 from 6:00 until 8:00 PM at the funeral home. Burial will be in Lick Creek Cemetery in Perry.

Mrs. Martin was born October 17, 1915 in rural Laddonia, a daughter of Otis and Mary (Cox) Parker. On April 22, 1937 in Laddonia she married Julius Deverman, who died on June 10, 1979. On December 12, 1983 in Montgomery City she married Tom Miner who died August 12, 1993. On March 11, 1995 she married Jesse Martin who survives at the home.

Mildred was a member of Prairie View Church, which is now located on the grounds of the Audrain County Historical Museum. She was a rural schoolteacher, having taught at Elm Bend School and Cornett School. She was a 4-H leader for 21 years, had volunteered for the AMC Auxiliary and she had also worked at Blattners.

In addition to her husband, survivors include two daughters, Marilyn Deverman, Columbia, and Delores Chaplin, Kinderhook, Ill.; five step sons, Allen J. Martin, St. Louis, Michael G. Martin, Vandalia, Glennon P. Martin, Crane, Mo., Russell Miner, Jacksonville, Ill., and Rolland Miner, Waverly, Ill.; one brother, Merle Parker, Laddonia, one sister, Donna Shaw, Mexico; 3 granddaughters, and several step-grandchildren and step-great grandchildren

Memorials may be given to the Audrain Medical Center Charitable Foundation or The Audrain County Historical Society. They may be sent in care of Pickering Funeral Home, 403 N. Western, Mexico, MO 65265.

Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at office@pickeringfh.com
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