BEATRICE POORE MARTIN

JANUARY 2, 1921 - JUNE 28, 2013

ANDERSON, SC - Beatrice Poore Martin, age 92, wife of the late Van William Martin,  passed away on Friday, June 28, 2013 at NHC of Anderson. 

Born in Anderson, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Jefferson Poore and the late Earline Williams Poore.  She was a graduate of Girls High in 1939.  Mrs. Martin was the former co-owner of Anderson Sheet Metal Company and retired from Nevitt Forest Elementary School in the cafeteria.   She was a faithful member of Oakwood Baptist Church where she attended the  Alathean Sunday School Class, the Joy Club and for 59 years she was their General Secretary of Sunday School.  She was an avid flower gardener.

Mrs. Martin was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Those left to cherish her memories are her daughter, Harriet James; two grandchildren, Meloni Patrice James and Van Martin James and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Ollie, Haskel, Joe, Fred, John J., and William Harrison Poore; sisters, Gertrude Fowler, Gussie Shirley, Janie Coker, Mildred Martin, Ruth Black and Sara Snelgrove; son-in-law, W. E “Bill” James, Jr.

The Funeral Service will be held on Sunday, June 30, 2013 at  2:00 pm   in the Chapel of The McDougald Funeral Home, with Reverend Jeff Bartlett, Reverend Jeff Davis and Mr. Jon Holmes officiating.  Interment will follow in New Silver Brook Cemetery.

The family will be at the residence of her daughter, Harriet James, 2510 Lindale Road, Anderson, SC, 29621.

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