Honey Grove, Texas -- Bobby Lawrence Martin of Ponder, Texas, passed away January 8, 2025 at the age of 92. She was born to Ouida (Sherman) Lawrence and Dallas D. Lawrence in the Center Point community of Sulpher Township, Miller County, Arkansas on February 5, 1932, the fifth of six children.
Bobby graduated from Brightstar High School in 1950. She attended college at East Texas State Teachers College (Texas A&M University-Commerce) where she earned her BA in Education and met the love of her life, Pete Martin, who she married in 1952. She later earned her master’s degree from the University of North Texas in 1971.
Bobby taught elementary school in the Texas Public School System for 35 years and was a member of the Ponder Church of Christ. As a longtime horse enthusiast, she was a lifetime member of the American Quarter Horse Association.
After retirement if Bobby wasn’t caring for her grandchildren or great-grandchildren, she could be found out on her 25-acre property looking after horses, mowing the pasture, or sitting on her back porch with her dogs. Bobby will be remembered for her kind heart, her patience, and her endless love for her family.
Bobby is preceded in death by her husband, Pete Martin; her son, Drew Martin; her parents, Dallas and Ouida Lawrence; her siblings, Murl Lawrence, Virginia Stuckey, Bill Stuckey, and Betty Loper.
She is survived by her son, Matt Martin; her daughter in-law Paula Martin; her sister, Gaynell Tidwell; her grandchildren Cory Martin and wife Meagan, Courtney Neal and husband Daniel, Ashley Martin, and Megan Joblin and husband Josh; her great-grandchildren, Destin Wade, Gary Dailey III, Caleb Neal, Elijah Todd, Chloe Neal, Eleanor Joblin, Deacon Neal, and Violet Joblin, and many nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
Family visitation will be at noon, prior to the service. Funeral services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Monday, January 20, 2025 at the Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home chapel in Honey Grove, Texas. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Honey Grove, Texas.
Memorials may be made to the Oakwood Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 96, Honey Grove, TX 75446.
