Beatrice Martin Dies At Age 66; Rites Thursday

Mrs. Beatrice Robison Martin, of 915 Lamar Avenue, died at 2:00 p. m. yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital. She was 66 years and five days of age.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 p . m. at Myers Chapel The Rev. Howard Flota will officiate and burial will be in Kirk cemetery. The body will lie in state at Myers Chapel, where friends may call after 5:00 p. m. today.

Mrs. Martin was born July 7, 1900 at Bonnie, the daughter of Charles E. and Nellie (Powers) Allen.

She was first married, in 1918, to William Ivan Robinson, who died May 11, 1962.

On July 5 this year she was married to William Martin, who survives.

Besides her husband she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Nelle Allen of Bonnie; six daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Pemberton, Mrs. Vivian Flota, Mrs. Mildred Trout and Mrs. Maxine Scarber, all of Mt Vernon, Mrs. Thelma Jean Edgeman of Dugway, Utah, and Mrs. Garolyn Naile of Bertrand, Mo; three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Sursa of Decatur, Mrs. Margaret Trout of Mt. Vernon, and Mrs. Lillian Osborn of Ina; three brothers, Randle and Earl Allen of Bonnie and Vol Allen of Mattoon; 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Source: Mt. Vernon Register-News
Date: Wednesday, July 13, 1966
Submitted by: Robert W. Loman