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Dr. Mary Douglas Martin

crop obitGraveside services for Dr. Mary Douglas Martin will be 1:00 PM, Saturday, April 9, 2016, at Wilson County Memorial Gardens.

Dr. Martin, age 86 of Lebanon passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at Quality Care.

Born April 16, 1929, in Wilson County, she is the daughter of the late Luther Grover and Mae Shepherd Martin Sr.  She was a retired physician, and attended Bethlehem United Methodist Church.  Dr. Martin was a loving aunt who generously contributed to her nieces and nephews school tuition.  Dr. Martin, herself, was the only female in her graduating class from medical school.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters, Helen Hoffman, Edna Mae Sims, Jean Sellars Bass and Ruth Hawkins Spain Callis; and two brothers, L. G. and Raymond Martin.

She is survived by sister, Madelyn Moore; thirteen nieces and nephews: Jim (Cindy) Moore, Steve (Toni) Moore, Martin (Helen) Moore, Georganne Moore (John) Smith, David Moore, Randall Moore, Scott Moore, Cindy Martin (David) Clark, Woode (Andrea) Hawkins, Barbara Martin (Leonard) Liddle, Jack (Annette) Sims, Donna Sims, and Ronnie Harvey.