Jeanne Gorman Martin

Jeanne Lucille Gorman Martin, 86, formerly of Newfound Road, Leicester, died Saturday, April 1, 2006, at Pisgah Manor Health Care. A native of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Mark and Nellie Ford Gorman and was also preceded in death by her husband, Ray Earl Martin, Sr., who died in 1992. She attended Mars Hill College and had worked for Moore General Hospital in Black Mountain. Mrs. Martin had also worked for Congressman Roy Taylor and was retired from Farm Bureau Insurance Company. She was a member of Newfound Baptist Church. Survivors include four children, Ray Martin, Jr. and wife Charlotte of Leicester, Janet Wilfong and husband Jonathan of Atlanta, Ron Martin and wife Sue of Asheville and Joan Yoder and husband Danny of Leicester; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 3:00 pm Sunday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Phillips officiating. Burial will follow at Western Chapel UMC Cemetery. Her family will receive friends from 2:30-3:00 pm Sunday prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813 or to the Alzheimers Association, 31 College Place, Suite D320, Asheville, NC 28801-2644.