Nelda Ann (Brown) Martin

Funeral service for Mrs. Nelda Ann Martin will be at 2 pm Wednesday, December 28, 2016, at Goldonna Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Goldonna Cemetery. The family will receive after 5 pm on Tuesday, December 27, 2016, at Goldonna Baptist Church located at 287 Ash St, Goldonna, LA 71031. Nelda Ann Martin passed away Friday, December 23, 2016, at Northern Louisiana Medical Center in Ruston, LA. She was born June 11, 1942, in Natchitoches to Arthur and Ida Brown. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earnest “Johnny” Martin; her parents, Arthur and Ida Brown; siblings, Buddy Brown, Dwight Brown, Earnest Brown, Beatrice "Cotton" Starnaker, Rosa Tingle and Louise Waters. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and will be dearly missed by her family and friends. She is survived by her daughter, Ann Brown and husband Ricky; sons, Yancy Martin and wife Margaret, Wesley Martin, Jimmy Martin and wife Rachal, and Billy Martin and wife Tanya; grandchildren, Danna Martin Allen and husband Thomas, Bridget Deslatte and husband Farrell, Paige Gray and husband Cody, Billy Earl Martin, Sylvia Griffith and husband Ronald (Ro), Hannah Brown, Gracie Brown, Reagan Brown and Dusty Cavazos; great-grandchildren, T.J. Allen, Tyler Allen, Lynnle Griffith, Wyatt Gray, Adalyn Deslatte, Drake Cavazos, Ashtyn Cavazos and Rayen Griffith. Those honored to serve as pallbearers include Clint Joiner, Jackie Tingle, Mike Tingle, Jeremiah Daigle, Keith Gates, Cody Gray and Thomas Allen. Honorary pallbearers will be Wayne Gourdon, Gerald Johnson, Ronald Griffith and Kenneth Martin.