Last rites were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday
from the First United Methodist Church in 
Ropesville for
Tyree Martin, Sr., 53, of Brownfield, Texas.
The Rev. Ted Dotts officiated, assisted by the
Rev. Carrol Jones and the Rev. Ollie Apple.
Interment was in the Ropes Cemetery under the
direction of Rix Funeral Home of Lubbock.
Tyree passed away at his home in Brownfield
Saturday morning following an apparent heart
attack. Living in Hockley County, Texas
most of his life, Tyree entered school here in
the first grade and lived here continuously from
1944 until last year when he moved to Brownfield.
He opened an insurance agency in Ropes in 1956
and operated it until he suffered a severe heart
attack over a year ago. While in Ropes, he
served on the Board of Stewards of the First
Methodist Church and was a member of the
Volunteer Fire Department and also a member of
the city council. Survivors include his
wife, Dorothy; one daughter, Doris Jane Bradley
of Lubbock; three sons, Tyree, Jr. of Lubbock and
Jimmy and Johnny of the home; one sister, Mrs.
Tommy Littlefield of Ropesville; three brothers,
Arzie of Ropesville; Butler of Whittier, Calif.,
and Andrew of Seagraves, Texas, and one grandson.
Nephews served as pallbearers. The
Plainsman family, along with the community,
extend deepest sympathy to the family in their
time of sorrow.
