Martha Lee Rose

Retired WAYNESBORO — Services for Martha Lee Rose will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Freeman Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Mike Colston and Sam Lowery officiating. Burial will be Mt. Zion Cemetery in the Aquilla Community. Mrs. Rose, 69, of Tuscumbia, died Tuesday, June 10, 2008, in Tuscumbia. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Tuscumbia and the Rev. Sam Lowery officiated at her wedding. She was a graduate of Silas High School and attended the University of Alabama. She was retired from a career of more than 30 years with Avon Products of Atlanta, where she was a representative, district manager, training specialist and a division manager. She will be remembered as a wonderful and affectionate mother, child and sister. Everyone who came in contact with her were touched by her warmth and ability to make people feel loved. She was a granny to her grandchildren, who adored her and who she taught much by the life that she lived. She became a valued friend or parent to anyone who needed her. She left each of her family and friends with a "special gift." She will be remembered in love and in memories and will always be with everyone who knew her. Survivors include her husband of 51 years, Harold Rose; sons, Tim Rose, Mark Rose and his wife, Wendy, all of Tuscumbia; a daughter, Machelle Ballard and her husband, Bob, of Alpharetta, Ga.; grandchildren, Matthew Rose, Anna Beth Rose, Nicole Watson, Gabe Rose, Loderic Rose, Melissa Rose, Ryan Ballard, Heather Ballard and Abby Rose, all of Tuscumbia and Alpharetta. She was preceded in death by her parents, James C. Matthews Sr. and Dorothy Smith Matthews and a daughter, Tammy Rose. Memorials may be made to Church Building Fund Classroom at Aquilla United Methodist Church, C/O Lynn Smith, 3065 County Road 3, Millry, AL 36558. Pallbearers will be Patrick Harris, Josh Matthews, Dr. Jimmy Matthews Jr., B.K. Smith, Mickey Smith, Randy Smith, Ricky Smith and Waurice Smith. Visitation will be Thursday from 11 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.