Louis Maynard MARTIN

Louis Maynard Martin

Louis Maynard Martin, 68, of L.P. Bailey Memorial Highway, Nathalie, passed away Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, at Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of Elizabeth Faye Crews Martin.

Mr. Martin was born in Halifax County on Sept. 27, 1939, a son of the late John Maynard Martin and Sybil Doris Morrison Martin. He was a member of Childrey Baptist Church, a veteran of the Virginia National Guard and a retired agent for Southern Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Teri M. Simmons and husband, Chris, and Staci M. Guill and husband, Dennis, all of Nathalie; five grandchildren, Katie Guill, Andrew Simmons, Elizabeth Simmons, Madelyn Simmons and Amelia Simmons; one sister, Doris A. Tribble and husband, George, of Nathalie; one brother, Otey T. Martin and wife, Amy, of Nathalie; and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a nephew, Christopher Todd Tribble, and a sister-in-law, Peggy Jean Montgomery.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, at Childrey Baptist Church by the Rev. Andy Ferguson and the Rev. Jerry Stanfield, with interment to follow in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today, Sept. 9, 2008, at Henderson Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Brookneal, and other times at the residence.