Mary Frances Martin, 84

A housewife, mother and ?teacher,? she also lived in Tuscan, Ariz., for 34 years. The daughter of the late John Arthur and Dollie Aquilla Crouch Robinson, she was a member of First Baptist Church in Manchester. She was also preceded in death by husband Browne Christian Martin and brother Ralph Robinson.

She is survived by daughters and son-in-law Sylvia and Robert Thomas, Janice K. Martin and Carole A. Mohr, all of Manchester, grandchildren Greg Thomas, Darryle Thomas, Paula Thomas Fox and Gina Watters, great-grandchildren, Christian, Hudson, William and Bethany Fox, and Rachel Thomas, sister-in-law Louise Robinson of Morrison, family friend Pam Hawn of Gainsville, Va., one niece, five nephews and a host of friends, neighbors and loved ones.

Funeral services were held at Central Funeral Home with Dr. Brenton Cox and Dr. Kerry Walker officiating. Burial followed at Fountain Grove Cemetery.

Central Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) April 23, 2006