Dean Martin

Myles Dean Martin, 79, passed away on May 12, 2025, in Lampasas, TX.  He was born on April 4, 1946, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Eldon and Marie (Smith) Martin.

A memorial service will be held at New Covenant Church, 1604 Central Texas Expressway, Lampasas, TX, at 2:00 pm on Saturday, May 24, 2025.

Dean grew up in Yukon, Oklahoma. He graduated from Geronimo High School in Geronimo, Oklahoma, in 1964.  After high school, he attended Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma.  He then graduated from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma, where he received a degree in Business Administration.

He joined the Navy in 1970 and served for 6 years.  He was a Ships Inertial Navigation Systems technician for nuclear submarines during the Vietnam War.  He was honorably discharged in 1976, achieving the rank of E-4. 

After leaving the Navy, he began work for Homemakers Finance in Lawton and then Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Following his employment, he took a position as Business Office Supervisor at Memorial Hospital in Lawton, Oklahoma, to be closer to his family.  He left Memorial Hospital to go into the used car business, where he remained until he retired in 2005.  After retirement, he stayed involved in his son's businesses, hauling cars and searching for classic cars all over Texas.  During this time, he also loved spending time with his grandkids, watching them play sports, and teaching them all that he could to pass his legacy onto the next generation.

Dean married Aliece (Mallow) in 1968 in Geronimo, Oklahoma.  They were happily married for 56 years.

Dean was a member of New Covenant Church.  Hobbies he enjoyed included golf, bowling, billiards and drag racing.  In his drag racing career, he received awards as Track Champion and Crowd Pleaser.  After he retired from drag racing, he enjoyed building classic cars and turning them into hot rods with his sons.

Dean was preceded in death by his parents, Eldon and Marie Martin, and his infant daughter, Deana Noel.

Dean is survived by his spouse, Aliece of Lampasas, TX; his sons, Scott (Robin) of Brainerd, MN, Shannon (Stacy), Lee (Tammy), and Brant (Meaghan) all of Lampasas, TX; his brother, Rick Martin of Geronimo, OK; his grandchildren, Austin, Abigail (Levi) Rainwater, Nattie, Xavier, Xaunte, Xander, Allison, Katelyn, Vivien, Lauren, Gwendolyn, Madeline, Nathan, Presley, Ethan, and Nadia; great-grandson, Boone Rainwater and many nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to the Lawton Immanuel Baptist Church, 1314 SW 11th St., Lawton, OK.