Leon R. Martin

Leon R. Martin, 76, a long-time resident of Dewey, Oklahoma, died at 1 a.m. on Monday, November 23, at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma following a brief illness.
He was a native of Stuart, Virginia and grew up in Bassett, Virginia. Initially, he was employed at the Bassett Furniture Company prior to entering Milligan College at Elizabethton, Tennessee where he received a degree in ministerial studies. He then began a ministry that spanned more than 50 years in the Christian Church, serving congregations in Mountain City, Tennessee, Shady Valley, Tennessee, White Mills, Kentucky, Joplin, Missouri and Dewey, Oklahoma. At the time of his death he was serving as minister to the First Christian Church in Barnsdall, Oklahoma.
He was a man totally dedicated to his ministry who touched thousands of lives for good throughout his years of service.
He was preceded in death by a son, Robert Martin in 1995, his beloved wife of 45 years, Ann, in 2003, and a brother Jerry Martin of St. Louis, Missouri in 2011.
He is survived by a granddaughter, Amanda Martin, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; one sister, Judy Prillaman and her husband Kennis of Salem, Virginia; and a daughter-in-law Cathleen ""Cathy"" Martin of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Also surviving are one niece and one nephew.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, November 30, at 1 p.m. at the First Christian Church in Barnsdall with ministers Howard Taylor and Aaron Lawrence officiating. A private family burial service will follow at the Dewey Cemetery in Dewey, Oklahoma.
The Martin family is being served by the Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com.