Margaret Heptinstall Martin

Margaret Heptinstall Martin

Margaret Heptinstall Martin, 90, of Bedford, passed away Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Lynchburg General Hospital. She was born Feb. 19, 1919, in Amherst County, a daughter of the late Albert L. Heptinstall and Julian Cash Heptinstall.

She was also preceded in death by her husband, Wilbur Benjamin Martin.

She was a graduate of Lynchburg College with an ME M. Ed and was a retired employee of Bedford County public school with 30 years service. She was a member of Mentow Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday school teacher for many years. She was also part owner of Glenwood Tire Service in Huddleston, along with her husband, Wilbur.

She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Curry W. and Kelly D. Martin, of Huddleston; three daughters and sons-in-law, Gail M. and Geoffrey Hopkins, of Huddleston, Julia M. and Rick Manley, of Bedford, and Carol M. and Steve Patton, of Lee's Summit, Mo.; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Marvin Heptinstall, of Pasadena, Md., and Calvin Heptinstall and wife, Iris, of Lynchburg; two sisters-in-law, June Heptinstall, of Lynchburg, and Edna Heptinstall, of Huddleston; a brother-in-law, Emerson Martin and wife, Lou Ellen, of Huddleston; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

The family requests that those wishing to make memorials consider Mentow Baptist Church or Huddleston Community Church.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010, at Mentow Baptist Church by the Rev. John Boyles, the Rev. Rock Chocklett and the Rev. Wayne Murphy. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3 to 8 p.m. at Updike Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Huddleston.