Services for Mrs. Alta (Slack) Martin, 81, forermly of Spur, were held on Feb. 26th at 2 p.m. in the Highway 70- Church of Christ in Spur.Burial was in Red Mud Cemetery (west of Spur) under the direction of Lescher Funeral Home of Muskogee, Okla.
Mrs. Martin died Sunday Feb. 24th at 4 a.m. in the Muskogee General Hospital. She was a native of Texas. She moved to Muskogee, Okla. seven years ago to be near her son and daughter.
She was the widow of Jessie Brooks Martin. She was a member of the Church of Christ and had been ill for the past few months.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mabelle Chenault, and a son, Johnnie Martin, both of Muskogee; four sisters, Mrs. Laura Williams, Mrs. Bessie Drennan, Mrs. Aleene Austin, and Mrs. Ivey Slack, all of Spur. Eight grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
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