Hazel Dee Martin

Graveside services for Hazel Dee Martin, 95, of Rusk, will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, at Henry Cemetery in Gallatin, with the Rev. Don Copeland officiating, under the direction of Boren-Conner Funeral Home of Jacksonville.

Mrs. Martin died Monday, Jan. 29, 2007, at a Rusk nursing home. She was born Oct. 22, 1911, in Cherokee County.

She lived in the Jacksonville/Rusk area since 1944. She was a member of the Gallatin Baptist Church and had worked at the Basket Factory and at Nicols Kusan in Jacksonville.

She was preceded in death by her husband, A. V. Martin and daughter, Lydia Merle Martin.

Survivors include one son, Alvin Martin of Jacksonville; one daughter, Roberta Roberts of Rusk; one brother, Robert Underwood of Jacksonville; two sisters, Gale Anders and Sadie Lanear, both of Rusk; three grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be 6-8 p.m., today at the funeral home.

Information from the Jacksonville Daily Progress.