Doris C Martin

Doris Willodean (Dean) Carroll Martin, aged 83 years, passed from this life to her heavenly home on Saturday, August 24, 2013. She was a longtime resident of Brookhaven, GA, where she resided with her husband of 59 years, Paul Albert Martin of Newark, NY. She was born in Chattanooga, TN on May 3, 1930 to the late Randolph Floyd Carroll and Ada Mae Taylor Carroll. Mrs. Martin was preceded in death by her siblings: Raymond Eugene Carroll, Thomas Eddie Carroll, Charles Herbert Carroll, Mildred Elizabeth Carroll Jackson, Frances Ollie Carroll, Dorothy Virginia Carroll Denniston, Alice Wanda Carroll Hawley, and Joyce Raydean Carroll Carter; and her grandson: Christopher Lee Loson. Left to cherish her memory are daughters, Jane Ann Martin DeVries (Doug), Joan Elizabeth Martin Stabilito (Frank), and son, James Albert Martin (Tina); grandchildren: Brad Patrick, Brian Patrick, Lauren Loson Doege (Erin), Nathan Martin, Joshua Martin, Breanna DeVries, and Madison DeVries; and great-grandchildren: Haley Doege and Jordan Doege. Mrs. Martin grew up in church and was a member of the North Chattanooga Church of God. She loved Southern Gospel music; a comfort to her in her later wheelchair-bound days. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and she will be greatly missed. A memorial service celebrating her life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at Mountain West Church of God, 4818 Hugh Howell Road, Stone Mountain, GA 30087. The family will receive friends prior to the service at 10 a.m. For those who prefer, in lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made to the American Diabetes Association in her memory. (American Diabetes Association, 1701 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311 or www.donations.Diabetes.org).