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Jessie Doyle Martin, age 87 of Fountain Hill, AR, went to be with his Lord and Savior Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at the VA Hospital in Little Rock, AR after succumbing from a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born July 20, 1938, in Lacey, AR to the late Noel Martin and Floy Daughtery Martin.
He was a retired construction worker, a United States Army and National Guard Veteran and attended the Cloverdale Assembly of God Church. Mr. Jessie was a devoted Christian who loved his church family and also enjoyed hunting, fishing and traveling. He spent several years logging, driving trucks and working construction across the United States. Jessie enjoyed life and never met a stranger. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Sue Harris Martin; two daughters, Carolyn Sue Estelle and Sheila Rochell; a son, Richard “Dickie” Tamminen; and a sister, Jeanette Lansdale.
Jessie is survived by his wife, Janice Herring Martin of Fountain Hill; one son, Kevin Martin and wife Trenia of Lacey; three daughters, Suzette Martin Phillips of Texas, Michelle Howell and husband Wade of Jefferson, AR and LouAnn McKinney and husband William of South Carolina; seventeen grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren; along with a host of others he called family, not just friends.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 16, 2025, at Cloverdale Assembly of God Church in Crossett with Pastor David Williams officiating. There will be a visitation from 1:00-2:00 p.m. preceding the funeral service at the church. Burial with military honors will be in Lacey Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers are Michael Adams, Hunter Adams, Doug Bissell, Josh Smith, Brian Stanfill and Bart Measel.
Jessie’s family would like to thank everyone for all the moral support and uplifting prayers during this trying time. You can sign Jessie’s guestbook registry here on his page.
He was a retired construction worker, a United States Army and National Guard Veteran and attended the Cloverdale Assembly of God Church. Mr. Jessie was a devoted Christian who loved his church family and also enjoyed hunting, fishing and traveling. He spent several years logging, driving trucks and working construction across the United States. Jessie enjoyed life and never met a stranger. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Sue Harris Martin; two daughters, Carolyn Sue Estelle and Sheila Rochell; a son, Richard “Dickie” Tamminen; and a sister, Jeanette Lansdale.
Jessie is survived by his wife, Janice Herring Martin of Fountain Hill; one son, Kevin Martin and wife Trenia of Lacey; three daughters, Suzette Martin Phillips of Texas, Michelle Howell and husband Wade of Jefferson, AR and LouAnn McKinney and husband William of South Carolina; seventeen grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren; along with a host of others he called family, not just friends.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 16, 2025, at Cloverdale Assembly of God Church in Crossett with Pastor David Williams officiating. There will be a visitation from 1:00-2:00 p.m. preceding the funeral service at the church. Burial with military honors will be in Lacey Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers are Michael Adams, Hunter Adams, Doug Bissell, Josh Smith, Brian Stanfill and Bart Measel.
Jessie’s family would like to thank everyone for all the moral support and uplifting prayers during this trying time. You can sign Jessie’s guestbook registry here on his page.