St. Clair County Obits

HERALD LEE MARTIN

Kansas City Star
30 September 2008
Herald Lee Martin passed away peacefully at Sac Osage Hospital in Osceola, Missouri on September 28, 2008. Herald was born on May 26, 1946 in North Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from North Kansas City High School. Herald was drafted in the Army and served in the Vietnam War. He was a truck driver and retired from Trans Am Trucking. He was a lifelong member of VFW Post 4197 and a Mason in the Circle Lodge #342 He was preceded in death by his parents, Herald A. and Marjorie Martin; a son, Herald Lee Martin Jr.; his brother, Jimmie Lee Martin; his daughter-in-law, Tina Bell Jackman; and granddaughters, Virginia Dawn, Catherine Bell (Jenny) and Katie Jo Cutting. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Barbara Kay Martin; sons, Jeff Martin and wife Cynthia and Eric Martin and wife Susie; one daughter, Debbie Jones; stepchildren, Anita Fox and husband Jim, Robert Jackman, Deanna Cutting and husband Todd, David Jackman and wife Tracy; grandchildren Mackenzie, Tori, Sebren, Jake, Jaxsen, Bryce, Brandon, Kevin, Haley, Emily, Mary, Michael, Alicia, Addy, Kristen, Alex and Kaitlyn; and great-grandchild, Jordan. Herald was an avid hunter, fisherman and BS'er and will be sincerely missed by his family and friends. Funeral services will be Wednesday, October 1 at 11 a.m. at Sheldon-Goodrich Chapel, Osceola, with burial in Benton Green Cemetery under direction of the Sheldon-Goodrich Funeral Home, Osceola, Mo. Family will receive friend from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. (Arr. Sheldon-Goodrich Funeral Home, 417-646-8135)