Obituaries for Monday, February 4, 2008
Published 6:00 am Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Clara Mae Campbell
Services for Clara Mae Campbell, of Brookhaven, will be held at11 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at Brookhaven Funeral Home Chapel onNorth Jackson Street with burial in Hawkins Chapel Methodist ChurchCemetery in Brookhaven.
Visitation is Monday from 4 until 7 p.m. at the funeralhome.
Miss Campbell, 87, died Feb. 2, 2008, at her residence. She wasborn in Franklin County on May 30, 1920, to Lawrence Campbell andSarah Lewis Campbell.
She was a retired seamstress with Stahl-Urban. She was a memberof First Baptist Church.
Preceding her in death were her parents, and her brothers, Jackand Louis Campbell.
Survivors are her brother, Buck Campbell, of McComb; her sister,Ruth C. Walker, of Brookhaven; and her nephew, Jackie L. Walker, ofHattiesburg.
Dan Allen Martin
Services for Dan Allen Martin, of Brookhaven, will be held at 2p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, at Brookhaven Funeral Home Chapel on NatchezDrive with burial in Union Hall Baptist Church Cemetery inBrookhaven.
Visitation is Monday from 5 until 9 p.m. at the funeralhome.
Mr. Martin, 77, died Feb. 3, 2008, at his residence. He was bornin New Orleans on May 3, 1930, to Daniel R. Woods and Alma MartinWoods.
He was retired from his self-employed welding business. Weldingwas not only his occupation, but a hobby, as well, although hisfavorite hobby was his family. He was a member of Union HallBaptist Church, where he loved singing in the choir and served as aSunday school teacher.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his son, Ernest M.Martin; and his grandson, Joseph Martin.
Survivors are his wife, Bessie May Martin, of Brookhaven; hisson, Dan D. Martin and wife Leah, of Brookhaven; his daughters,Sheila Martin, and Mildred Cain Allen and husband Gary, all ofBrookhaven; his daughter-in-law, Cindy Odom Martin, of Brookhaven;his brothers, Glen Woods and wife Marianne, of Destin, Fla., andCarl Johnson and wife Karen, of Alvin, Texas; his grandchildren,April Burns and husband Kyle, Ernest D. Martin, Brandy Posey andhusband Justin, Josh Martin and wife Amber, Jacob Martin and wifeAshley, Jessi Martin, Christopher Martin and wife Hope, KatherineMoak and husband Dustin, David Cain; his great-grandchildren,Ashlyn, Chloe and Hayden Burns, Charli Anna and Conner Martin,Aibry Martin and Haleigh Moak; his special niece, Donna Marie OrrSmith; his special nephew, Vernon Parsons; and a specialgreat-nephew he thought of as a grandson, Guy Orr.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Ministries Inc., ofBrookhaven.