Benna Martin

Graveside services for Benna G. (Deeds) Martin, 83, former Rocky resident, will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday at Lone Star Cemetery in Rocky.

She died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, in Stillwater.

She was born April 19, 1931, to D.B. and Grace (Galloway) Deeds in Rocky. She was the valedictorian of her Rocky High School graduating class, and a former resident of Lookeba, Cordell, Hobart, and Norman.

She and her husband moved to Stillwater in 2001. She retired after serving as a clerk at the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service office in Cordell, and as a bookkeeper for both Shawnee Public Schools and Hobart Public Schools.  

Mrs. Martin enjoyed sewing, gardening, and attending every activity of her grandchildren from baseball games to dance recitals.

She and her husband were residents of Primrose Retirement Community and members of the First Baptist Church.  

She was preceded in death by her parents.  

She is survived by her husband; a son, Col. Joel Martin (U.S. Air Force Retired) and wife, Elizabeth, of Kwajalein, Republic of the Marshall Islands; a daughter, Dr. Pamela Fry  and husband, Dr. Donald Fry, of Stillwater; a sister, Jolando (Deeds) Hill, of Weatherford; and three grandchildren, Dr. Adam Fry, of Norman, Jared Fry, of Irving, Texas, and Emily Fry, of Stillwater.

A celebration of her life was held Momnday at Primrose Retirement Community in Stillwater.

Rev. Buck Nicholson will officiate at the graveside service. Friends may call at Lee Funeral Home in Clinton on Wednesday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.