Our Bay County readers will be much interested in the following obituary of the Rev. Wiley F. Martin, which is taken from the DeFuniak Breeze of Dec. 28th. Rev. Martin was well known to the citizens of this section, having been for some time the resident clergyman at Millville, where the family resided, and from which place his son, Captain Malley Martin, entered the world war, as Lieutenant of the company that was formed there.

Rev. Martin was highly esteemed by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance, and was a noble Christian leader. His many friends in this section tender their heartfelt sympanthy to the surviving members of his family. Herewith is the breeze's article.

"Rev. Wiley F. Martin well known in DeFuniak and Walton County generally, having resided here for some years, passed away at the home of his sister, Mrs. Docie Crosby on West Romana Street, Pensacola, December 22nd at 5:30 P. M. following a brief illness. Rev. Martin had rounded out some fifty-six years in the ministry and had attainted his eighty-first milestone, a record his children may be justly proud of.

Rev. Martin was born in Jasper County, Georgia, November 12, 1841. He served four years in the Confederate army, having volunteered in Company B, 18th Alabama Infantry from Andalusia. He was married to Nancy Caroline Carvey at Newhope Church, Covington County, November 5, 1865, by Rev. G. W. Kieree. He was ordained to preach in the Missionary Baptist Church and served continuously from 1866 to 1922 in work as pastor, minister and evangelist. His wife died at Millville, Florida, May, 1916.

Rev. Martin is survived by one son, Captain Malley Martin, of Atlanta and one daughter, Mrs. Ella Nix, Columbus, Ga. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Docie Crosby, with who he made his home for the past few years, and Mrs. Gracie Sharpe of Tampa, Fla.

Rev. Martin was a member of Laurel Hill Lodge No. 44 F & A. M., Walton Chapter No. 37 R. A. M. DeFuniak? Springs and Andalusia Commandery Knights Templar. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Pensacola, his funeral taking place at that church Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, rev. A. J. Moncrief officiating, internment wasa made in St. John's Cemetery, the Masonic fraternit of which he was a member performing the last sad ties at the grave."

REF: "ST. ANDREWS BAY NEWS " St. Andrews, Florida, January 2, 1923