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Trudy Wheless Martin

1946 - 2025

BORN

1946

DIED

2025

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Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services - Rocky Mount

1130 N. Winstead Ave

Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Trudy Martin Obituary

Trudy Wheless Martin

June 8, 1946 - October 1, 2025

Rocky Mount, North Carolina - Trudy Wheless Martin, 79, a former resident of Charlotte and Cornelius, NC, died on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. Survivors include husband, James H. "Jim" Martin; her sister, Priscilla Wheless Sykes; and two nieces and two nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the West Haven Presbyterian Church, 1001 West Haven Blvd, Rocky Mount, NC 27803 or to Animal Crackers, P.O. Box 8860, Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

Arrangements entrusted to Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 1130 N. Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount, NC 27804. You may share memories and condolences with the family by visiting www.wheelerwoodlief.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Charlotte Observer from Oct. 5 to Oct. 12, 2025.

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