Born at Joiner, she was a cook at Three Rivers Nursing Home of Marked Tree and was a member and usher at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church at Denwood.
Survivors include five daughters: Faye Martin of Birdsong, Linda Dalaney of Little Rock, and Shirley Walker, Sheila Keys and Florence Martin, all of Marked Tree; four sons: Sammie Martin, Leslie Martin Jr. and Alcus Martin, all of Madison, Wis., and Jobbie Martin of Kileen, Texas; 11 stepchildren; two sisters: Nunteen Cooper of Madison and Gladys Masters of Osceola; three brothers: Leodis Randle of Little Rock, Samuel White of Osceola and Nathaniel Payne of Marked Tree; 23 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 2 at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Denwood, with Clifton Taylor officiating. Burial followed in Gilfield Cemetery at Birdsong under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home of Osceola.

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