Calvin Martin was born September 24, 1945 in Glasgow, West Virginia, the only son along with three sisters of George and Verna (Elswick) Martin. The Martins are of Scot-Irish origin. To honour that Calvin is a member of the McDonald Clan. Additionally the Martin’s are of Revolutionary War Fame (4th Great Grandfather, John); at the surrender of the Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia (3rd Great Grandfather, Job). They were some of the first settlers in Western Virginia (West Virginia) trapping beaver with Daniel Boone. Loyal to their State of Virginia the joined the Thrumond’s Partisan Rangers during the war between the States (Great Grandfather Nathan and his brother, John) fought in the Spanish American War, fought the Germans in WWI and WWII and then Calvin did his part with the US Air Force (64-68) during the Vietnam Conflict. Calvin graduated from Nazarene Bible College in 1979 with an Associates’s Degree in Biblical Studies and Trevecca Nazarene University in 1991 with a BS in Management of Human Resources. Calvin is an accomplished Trumpeter (All State Band 62-64, West Virginia), US Air Force Drum and Bugle Corps in 65. Calvin was also an all star athlete (baseball and basketball). Calvin has been an elder in the Church of the Nazarene sicne 1984 having pastored churches in Alabama, Texas, West Virginia, Tennessee, and Florida. Now serving as Associate Pastor and Minister of Music at Forest Hill Church of the Nazarene. No longer in the full time ministry, Calvin is a Top Producing agent with National Health Insurance Agencies, Inc. (NHIA, Inc.), a contracted General Agency of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida. Calvin is married to Sharon (Lovejoy) Martin (1968) with two wonderful children, Calvin II (1974) and Rebecca (1981); one grandchild, Savannah (1996) to Calvin and Heather (Lawrence, Irish-American, of course) and two grandchildren born to Rebecca (Martin) and Nick Lietz, Dylen (2003), and Nicole Lietz (2007). Calvin joined the Sons of Confederate Veterans in 1981 while in Texas. Calvin is now the Florida Division Chaplain having been appointed to that post in 2002. Calvin previously served as Chaplain of the John T. Wesley Camp #1282 SCV. Calvin loves leading the singing of “Dixie” and gets teary eyed when he sees our flag flying in the wind.
Calvin was a great person who was so loved and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
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