Gretchen Collins Martin

Funeral service for Gretchen Collins Martin will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home with Reverend Ron Thompson officiating and Wayne Morrow assisting. Interment will follow in Coldwater Baptist Cemetery under the direction of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Monday, March 8, 2010 at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home. Mrs. Martin, 91, passed away Friday, March 5, 2010. She was born November 27, 1918 to the late Brian E. Collins and late Sara Della Scarborough Collins. She was preceded in death by her husband, Oren Martin, Sr.; daughters, Terri Martin and Cindy Martin; sisters, Bonita Herring and Theopa Marrilla; and brother, Jack Collins. Those left to cherish her memory include her son, Oren Martin, Jr. and his wife Barbara; grandchildren, Natalie Wilson, Rene’ Martin, Breena Hayes, Stan Knotts and Patrick Knotts; and 7 great grandchildren; her sister in law and best friend, Myrna Dove.