Sarah “Sallie” McDougle Martin went to her heavenly home on May 30, 2016.
She was a lifelong resident of the Mt. Hebron Community. She was a homemaker and loved quilting, gardening and bird watching. She was the daughter of Nora Seigler McDougle and N. P. McDougle.
The funeral service will be held on Sunday, June 5, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., at Pinkard Funeral Home Chapel, Russellville, with burial in Franklin Memory Gardens. Officiating will be Jerome Sherrill and Gary Yielding. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 2:00 p.m. until service time.
Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, E. Lester Martin; brothers, James O. McDougle, L.T. McDougle and Doyle McDougle; sisters, Lizzie Mae Stancil, Estelle Mashburn, Nettie D. Thorn and Macie Stancil. She also was preceded in death by a grandson, Michael Patrick Martin.
She is survived by two sons, L. Paul Martin (Wanda), Collierville, TN and Roger Martin (Elizabeth), Spruce Pine, AL; a daughter, Dianne Hickman (Maurice), Nashville, TN; six grandchildren, Ginger Ellithorpe (Rusty), Tara Hall (Louie), Greg Martin (Rachel), Kris Martin (Angela), Josh Hickman and Jon Hickman; 12 great-grandchildren, Chelsea Ellithorpe, Emily Ellithorpe, Kailey Ellithorpe, Martin Hall, Ailey Hall, Eliza Hall, Ashley Martin, Conrad Martin, Blake Martin, Alyssa Martin, Keith Martin and Jaylen Hughes; several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be O.D. McDougle, Wayne McDougle, Ralton Stancil, Robert Hutchinson, Harold Hargett, Jerry Taylor, Ricky James and Perry Lawler.
A special thanks to the nurses and doctor at the Rainbow Trinity Senior Care Home in Bartlett, TN.
