Date of birth: 03 Sep 1920
Date of death: 24 Nov 1988

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Burial Information

Section 03 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot:
Status: Occupied

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Notes

Obituary

Merle Martin Breazeale

Funeral services for Mrs. Merle Gwendolyn Martin Breazeale, 68, of Tchula, were held Friday, Nov. 25, at 4:00 p.m. in Southern Funeral Home Chapel of Lexington. The Rev. James Carr officiated. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington.

Mrs. Breazeale died Thursday, Nov. 24 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Southaven.

She was a native of Holmes County, a homemaker, a Baptist and the widow of George Breazeale.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Gwen Green of Southaven; two brothers, Byron Martin of Tchula and Bryan Martin of Newton, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Connie Roman and Mrs. Cora Sheppard, both of Tchula; and three grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers were David Green, Rennon Green, William Leflore, Steve Martin, Denzile Sheppard and Mitch Corley.

The Holmes County Herald (Lexington, MS)
December 1, 1988, Vol. 30, No. 48, Pg. 3

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Family Members

Parents
Floyd Martin
1893–1969

Annie Martin
1894–1958

Siblings
Louise Martin Exum
1914–1970

Merle Gwendolyn Martin Breazeale
1920–1988

Bryan James Martin Sr.
1924–1996

Cora Martin Sheppard
1926–2002

Byran Charles Martin
1924–2013

Spouse
George Breazeale
unknown

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Research Notes

Family relations taken from "1930 & 1940 US Census" record at FamilySearch.org.

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