FUNERAL SERVICES 
For 
MISS NELLIE MARTIN 
THURSDAY, FEB. 27, 1975 
3:00 P. M. 
ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH 
Claxton, Georgia 
Rev. N. L. Lyde, Officiating 
Assisted By Rev. James Benjamin 
Harpers Fimeral Home In Charge 
OBITUARY 
And God shall wipe away all tears from 
their eyes; and there shall be no more death nei- 
ther sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be no 
more pain; for the former things are passed 
away. Revelation 21:4. 
Miss Nellie Martin was born in Bulloch 
County, Georgia, July 1891 to the late Mr. and 
Mrs. Richard Martin and departed this hfe Feb. 
23, 1975. 
She joined the Piney Grove Baptist Church 
at an early age, later the family moved to Clax- 
ton, Ga., and she transferred her membership 
to the St. John Missionary Baptist Church, know- 
ing the need of Christian guidance became a de- 
voted worker always ready and willing to do 
whatever she could. 
She attended the Public School in Claxton, 
Ga. She leaves to mourn her passing two nep- 
hews whom she reared as her own children from 
an early age. 
Mr. Frank Martin, Claxton, Ga., Mr. James 
Thomas, Atlanta, Ga., and a host of nieces, other 
nephews and relatives and friends. 
ORDER OF SERVICES 
Processional 
Hymn----------------------------------Choir 
He Understands and Says Well Done 
Scripture 
Old and New Testament __ Rev. James Benjamin 
Prayer 
Selection_____________________________Choir 
God Will Take Care of You 
Expressions  
As A Church Worker_________Dea. J. C. Banks 
As I Knew Her___________Mrs. Annie Holmes 
Acknowledgement and Cards 
Obituary_____________________(Silent Reading) 
Eulogy_______________________Rev. N. L. Lyde 
Viewing of Remains 
Benediction 
Recessional 
Interment------------------------Hagan, Ga. 
PALLBEARERS 
Dea. J. C. Banks 
Dea. Willie Bacon 
Dea. Sylvester Timnions 
Dea. Edgar Freeman 
Dea. Charlie Blocker 
Dea. R. W. Henley, Jr. 
Dea. Reno J. Jones 
Dea. Arbertee Harris 
FLORAL BEARERS 
Usherettes 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
The family of the late Miss Nellie Martin 
wishes to express their thanks to their many 
friends and relatives for their kind expression of 
sympathy shown them in the loss of their loved 
one. May God bless and keep you is our prayer.