All Obituaries

Our awesome God created everyone with unique abilities and talents. Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. No matter what gift God has given us, when he sends his angels to collect his very own all of these gifts cease immediately. It is with great sadness that Martin Funeral Home announces that God has called a musical genius home to await the great resurrection. The great guitarist Rudolph Marcus Dixon transitioned on August 10,...

Revelation 14:13 gives believers an explanation of  a life of longevity and our  heavenly reward when we make our transition home for our Godly living.  In the book of Revelation, the scripture said, "I heard a voice from heaven saying, blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!” Mr. Abraham Bruin, Jr. made his...

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 15:16  This verse of scripture describes the life of Reverend Clarence J. Fennell.  Visitation will be held Friday, July 5, 2019 from 6-7 pm , Martin Funeral Home, 161 Clarke Avenue, Estill, SC.  Funeral service Saturday, July 6, 2019, 1;00 pm, Martin Temple CME Church, 583 Keene Ave, Estill, SC. Reverend Clarence J. Fennell was born October 18, 1927 in Yemassee, South Carolina to...

The book of Ecclesiastes tells us that all things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. God used these scriptures to prepare the world about death.  Death will always be our appointment with God, it isn't an accident, no matter how it occurs. It is with great sadness that Martin Funeral Home announces the...

Mr. Lacy Ray transitioned on Sunday, May 26, Hampton Regional Medical Center, Varnville, SC.  Memorial service for Mr. Ray will be held, Saturday, June 1, 2019, 1:00, John Eli Memorial Chapel of Martin Funeral, 161 Clarke Avenue, Estill, SC. Lacy J. Ray entered into rest on May 26, 2019 at Hampton Regional Medical Center, Varnville, South Carolina. He was born February 18, 1943 in St. Pauls, North Carolina to the late James and Cora Lee Ray. He graduated from St. Paul High...

Visitation for Frank Ruth will be held Saturday, May 25, 2019, 6-7 pm, St John Holy Church, Browning Gate Road, Estill, SC.  Funeral service will be held, Sunday, May 26, 2019, 2:00 pm, Greater Rock of Ages Church, 4530 Luray Highway, Brunson, SC with burial in the St,. John Holy Church Cemetery, Pineland, SC.  And God will wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying.  Neither shall there be any more pain.  For...

And God will wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying.  Neither shall there be any more pain.  For the former things are passed...

“Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, because “All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, But the word of the LORD endures forever.”  Mrs. Rosa Jane Funches, 78, transitioned peacefully at home in Fairfax, South Carolina on the afternoon of  April 29, 2019 surrounded by loved ones. She is now in her...

Memorial service for Theresa Odom will be held Saturday, May 18, 2019, 11:00 am, Mt Olive Pentecostal Church, Singleton Street, Newtown Community, Estill, SC. 

Isaiah 57:1–2 states that the righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death. It is with heartfelt sadness and sorrow that Martin Funeral Home announces the transitioning of James Washington on Saturday, March 23th, Hampton Regional Medical Center, Varnville, SC.  Mr. James Washington...