October 19, 2003

ILLIOPOLIS, Ill. - Irvin Arnold Martin, 69, died at 12:17 a.m. Oct. 17, 2003, at Memorial Hospital in Springfield. Born Aug. 5, 1934, in Scott City, Mo., son of the late Edward Joseph and Ellen Virginia Smith Martin, he was a retail clerk for National Foods and veteran of the National Guard. He was a member of the Niantic Foursquare Church in Niantic...

ILLIOPOLIS, Ill. - Irvin Arnold Martin, 69, died at 12:17 a.m. Oct. 17, 2003, at Memorial Hospital in Springfield.

Born Aug. 5, 1934, in Scott City, Mo., son of the late Edward Joseph and Ellen Virginia Smith Martin, he was a retail clerk for National Foods and veteran of the National Guard. He was a member of the Niantic Foursquare Church in Niantic.

On Dec. 24, 1960, at Chaffee, Mo., he married Mary Evelyn Rievley who survives of the home.

Other survivors include: one son and daughter-in-law, Barry and Tina Martin of Stonington; one daughter and son-in-law, Vickie and Brett Duncan of Sullivan; one brother, Gene Martin of Scott City; two sisters, Pearl Gowins of Portland, Ind., and Shirley Beggs of Cape Girardeau; and five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City where services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday. The Rev. Chuck Ferris will officiate.

Burial will follow in Lightner Memorial Cemetery in Scott City.

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