Dean Martin Mount

Dean Martin Mount obituary, Lexington, SC

Dean Martin Mount

Dean Mount Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by South Carolina Cremation Society - West Columbia on Feb. 11, 2026.
Dean Martin Mount, 77, of Lexington, South Carolina passed away on Monday, February 9, 2026. She was born November 7, 1948, to Leon Briggs Martin, Jr. and Bette Jane Martin in Orangeburg, South Carolina. She and her siblings were taught to love Jehovah God and she was baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses on October 5, 1963.

She married A. Wayne Mount on June 17, 1966, and they shared 53 years together. They raised three children together and enjoyed many grandchildren.

Dean loved sewing, crocheting, cooking, playing the piano and absolutely adored children of all ages.

Predeceased by her parents, her husband and her first grandchild "Scottie" Scott Mount, Jr., she is survived by her brothers, Rick Martin and his wife Sheilah, Buster Martin and his wife Goria, and Sammy Martin and his wife Sherry; sisters Bette Leon Baugh and Vickie Wyatt and her husband Mike; three children, Jody Mount and his wife Jennifer, Scott Mount and his wife Melissa, and Tracy de Tiege and her husband Paolo. There are also five grandchildren who were very dear to Dean, Wyatt Mount, Isabelle Poston and her husband Tucker, Joshua Mount and his wife Emmalee, Jacob Mount and Jason Mount. She also has four great-grandchildren, Asher Poston, Brynn Poston, Luke Mount and Kennedy Mount.

She will be dearly missed.

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