July 26, 1993

ALMA JANE MARTIN

Alma Jane Martin, 92, of 1001 Ranney, in Cape Girardeau, died Saturday at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Oct. 13, 1900, in Mayfield, Mo., the daughter of Jacob and Melinda Fulton Mayfield. In August 1918, she married Floyd B. Crites in Sedgewickville; he died Jan. 16, 1971. She later married Marcus Martin; he died in 1975...

Alma Jane Martin, 92, of 1001 Ranney, in Cape Girardeau, died Saturday at St. Francis Medical Center.

She was born Oct. 13, 1900, in Mayfield, Mo., the daughter of Jacob and Melinda Fulton Mayfield.

In August 1918, she married Floyd B. Crites in Sedgewickville; he died Jan. 16, 1971. She later married Marcus Martin; he died in 1975.

She was a member of the Little Whitewater Baptist Church in Mayfield, Mo.

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Survivors include two daughters, Gerlene Harris of Cape Girardeau and Virginia McCormick of Ocala, Fla.; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one son and one daughter.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel, with the Rev. Jack Cathcart officiating. Internment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel today from 4-8 p.m.

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