Martha Harris Rosenbaum

Martha Alma Harris Rosenbaum, beloved wife and mother, went home to be with the Lord on June 13, 2025. She was born on November 12, 1937, in Little Rock, Arkansas to Henry and Melba Moore Harris. She is survived by her husband, Carl Sidney Rosenbaum, daughter Kathryn Coleman (Curtis), daughter Carol Moore (Rick), and son Sid Rosenbaum (Wanda). She has six grandchildren, Trey (Hannah), Rachel, Calvin (Cassie), Christian (Hannah), Anna, and Madelyn; and three great-grandchildren, Connor, Violet, and Eliza, along with many other cherished family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Calvin Harris, as well as so many other loved family members and friends, including her life-long treasured friend, Polly Whitlow, whom she met in preschool at Second Baptist Church.

Martha grew up as a member of Second Baptist Church, where her mother served as organist for 35 years, and her father served as deacon and held many other leadership positions.

She attended Ouachita Baptist University for two years, where she was a member of EEE social club before transferring to Baylor University to study the harp. She then transferred to the University of Arkansas for her senior year, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and was named a Razorback Beauty. She graduated with a BSE in music.

She taught vocal music at Eastside Junior High School from 1959 to 1963 before meeting Carl, her husband of 63 years, through mutual friends. They were married in 1962 at Second Baptist Church. She lived in Little Rock her entire life and was very active in various organizations including Twentieth Century Club, Little Rock Musical Coterie, and director of the St. Vincent Hospital Nurses' Choir. She served as president of Coterie before becoming president of the Arkansas Federation of Music Clubs.

Martha was an extremely gifted pianist and generously shared her talent during her life, including accompanying numerous vocalists and instrumentalists and playing for local performances of musicals and other events. She was also an accomplished harpist and enjoyed playing for many weddings and events throughout her career. Her greatest musical joy was serving as pianist of First Baptist Church for 30 years, where she devoted her time accompanying choirs, vocalists, the Living Christmas Tree, dinner theatres, and numerous other ministries and events.

The family is extremely grateful to each one of Martha's incredible caregivers through the last several years who loved her and cared for her with tremendous compassion, especially Brenda Smith, Gail Johnson, Savannah Ellis, Lauren Lopez, and Bennett Parks.

Martha loved her family and friends immensely, but her greatest love was her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, with whom she is spending eternity.

A Celebration of Life service will be held on Thursday, June 19, 2025, at 10:30am at First Baptist Church of Little Rock. 

Arrangements entrusted to Smith Little Rock Funeral Home.