Reeder-Davis Funeral Home Inc. 

In memoriam of Red Martin, 10/02/1917 - 02/23/2009 

Funeral services for Garland "Red" Martin, of Longview, formerly of Hughes
Springs, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28th at Reeder-Davis Chapel in
Hughes Springs with the Rev. Larry Neeley and Rev. Jimmy Samples
officiating. Entombment will follow at Hughes Springs Cemetery under
direction of Reeder-Davis Funeral Home, Inc. of Hughes Springs. 

Mr. Martin will lie in state on Friday, February 27th and the family will
receive friends from 6-8 P.M. 

Garland "Red" Martin died on February 23, 2009, at 91 years of age. He was
born to C.E. Martin and Bessie Patman Martin Oct. 2, 1917. He was nicknamed
Red because of his orange-red hair he had when he was young and mostly
everyone knew him by that name. 

He graduated from Commerce and joined the US Air Force in which he was a
pilot during WWII. Shortly before joining the Air Force, he married the love
of his life, MaeNon Spann and they shared nearly 69 years together. During
his years in the Air Force, they traveled and lived in places such as
Bakersfield, CA, Biloxi, MS, St. Louis, MO, and Spearfish, SD. However, he
found Hughes Springs to be his home and therefore settled there in 1947 in
which he began working at Lone Star Steel. He retired from there after 33
years of loyal service. He also was a member of the First Baptist Church of
Hughes Springs. He was also a great fisherman and several great catches made
it into the record books. 

He was preceded in death by his parents C.E. and Bessie Martin, his two
sisters Jo Edmiston and Eman Ruth Sanders, and his loving wife of 69 years
MaeNon Martin. 

He is survived by his son Eric Lee Martin of Longview; his daughter
Charlotte "Sherry" Carter of Baytown, TX; granddaughter Sarah Vasquez of
Baytown, TX; niece Kay Blair of Carthage, TX; Chuck Sanders of Texarkana,
TX; and several nieces and nephews. 

Pallbearers will be Jason Cope, Ron Cope, Scott Cope, Bruce Martin, Ted
Collier and James Allwhite. Honorary Pallbearers will be Dylan Collier and
Landry Collier.