Martha Eugenia Velasquez, age 93, of Columbus, Georgia passed away on Sunday, July 17, 2022. A graveside service for Martha will be held on Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 11:00 AM at Linwood Cemetery, 721 Linwood Blvd., Columbus, GA.
Martha was born October 18, 1928, in Columbus, GA; the daughter of William Hunter Baker and Ethel Knight Baker. Martha attended the Misses Howard School in Birmingham, AL and Georgia Southwestern College in Americus, GA.
Martha married Ismael G. Velasquez on July 23, 1968 in Las Vegas, NV. She had previously been married to William B. Moore on April 30, 1950 in Columbus, GA.
Martha was a member of and attended Edgewood Baptist Church until her health would no longer allow. She worked for numerous years for the Buck Company and was a member of the Wynn House. Her grandfather, James William Howard volunteered for Company A, 9th Arkansas Regiment, Pine Bluff, AR during the Civil War. His diary, written during the War, is in the Department of Archives and History, in Atlanta. After the war he established a number of local churches including Rose Hill Baptist Church.
Preceded in death by: her husband Ismael Velasquez; parents, Ethel and Hunter Baker; a brother, William H. Baker, Jr.; a sister Ermine May; and a son, William B. Moore, Jr.
Survivors include: a daughter, Nancy M. Ovelmen of Miami, FL; grandsons James H. Ovelmen of Silver Springs, MD, Peter C. Ovelmen of Miami, FL; a son, James E. Moore and his wife Wendi of Ocala, FL; and granddaughters, Martha M. Adkinson of Panama City, FL, and Betty Jo Moore of Myrtle Creek, OR; daughter Melanie Akkoyunla and her husband Atilla of Pembrooke Pines, FL; granddaughter Nancy E. Woody and her husband Shane of Webster, FL; and great grandchildren, Alexi Gutierrez, Glorianna Woody, Dub Adkinson, Breeze Marie Adkinson, and Jane Charlotte Ovelmen.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.shcolumbus.com for the Velasquez family.
