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Sidney Owen “Sid” Martin

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Sidney Owen “Sid” Martin

Birth
St. Johns County, Florida, USA
Death
2 Mar 2003 (aged 76)
Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
Burial
Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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Husband of Norma L
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Sidney Owen martin, 76, of East Palatka, died March 2, 2003, at North Florida Regional Hospital in Gainesville following a brief illness. He was born in St. Augustine, having grown up in Elkton, and had been a resident of East Palatka, coming form Alexandria, Va., 23 years ago. He was a U.S. Navy veteran having served aboard the U.S.S. Portland during World War II. He retired from the Metro Transit System in Washington, D.C. as a supervisor in 1978 following 31 years of service. He was a member of the Transitworker Union in Washington, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Association and an avid fisherman.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Masters Funeral Home. Officiating: Rev. Gene Maddox. Calling hours: Thursday, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Masters Funeral Home Chapel. Burial: Interment with military honors bestowed by the U.S. Navy will follow in Pellicer Creek Cemetery.

Survivors: One son, Owen Martin, Palatka; his adopted mother, Edna Hunter, Elkton; brother, Jimmy Alford, Pensacola; five sisters, Mary Lee Blackburn, Jacksonville, Alrie Conrad, Louisville, Ky., Joyce DuPont, Federal Point, Daisy Peek and Irene Workman, both of Milledgeville, Ga.; two grandsons and numerous nieces and nephews.

Flowers are gratefully accepted or memorial gifts may be made to American Cancer Society, Putnam Unit, P.O. Box 946, Palatka, FL 32178.

In charge: Masters Funeral Home of Palatka.
(St Augustine Record, 03/05/03)
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Natural parents -
Thomas William Martin (58127890)
Effie Leona Hunter-Martin-Lewis (24543494 )
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Husband of Norma L
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Sidney Owen martin, 76, of East Palatka, died March 2, 2003, at North Florida Regional Hospital in Gainesville following a brief illness. He was born in St. Augustine, having grown up in Elkton, and had been a resident of East Palatka, coming form Alexandria, Va., 23 years ago. He was a U.S. Navy veteran having served aboard the U.S.S. Portland during World War II. He retired from the Metro Transit System in Washington, D.C. as a supervisor in 1978 following 31 years of service. He was a member of the Transitworker Union in Washington, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Association and an avid fisherman.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Masters Funeral Home. Officiating: Rev. Gene Maddox. Calling hours: Thursday, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Masters Funeral Home Chapel. Burial: Interment with military honors bestowed by the U.S. Navy will follow in Pellicer Creek Cemetery.

Survivors: One son, Owen Martin, Palatka; his adopted mother, Edna Hunter, Elkton; brother, Jimmy Alford, Pensacola; five sisters, Mary Lee Blackburn, Jacksonville, Alrie Conrad, Louisville, Ky., Joyce DuPont, Federal Point, Daisy Peek and Irene Workman, both of Milledgeville, Ga.; two grandsons and numerous nieces and nephews.

Flowers are gratefully accepted or memorial gifts may be made to American Cancer Society, Putnam Unit, P.O. Box 946, Palatka, FL 32178.

In charge: Masters Funeral Home of Palatka.
(St Augustine Record, 03/05/03)
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Natural parents -
Thomas William Martin (58127890)
Effie Leona Hunter-Martin-Lewis (24543494 )
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  • Created by: Larry
  • Added: May 27, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37566500/sidney_owen-martin: accessed ), memorial page for Sidney Owen “Sid” Martin (17 Aug 1926–2 Mar 2003), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37566500, citing Pellicer Creek Cemetery, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Larry (contributor 47097746).