Dan Lee Martin

1893 - 1951  (57 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Dan Lee Martin
  Born	1 May 1893	Greer Co., TX
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Supt.Of Schools
  Died	30 Jan 1951	330 W. 12th St, Dallas, TX
  Buried	Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, TX
  Notes	His obit appeared in the Dallas Morning News, Jan 31, 1951. Stated he had died last Tuesday. The obit mentions his brothers: Roy B., Joe A., William Jesse, Jim D. It mentions his step-mother Nora Martin. He was a member of Wesley Methodist Church. He was a life-long school teacher, later school superintendant. "100 years in Montague Co TX" 1958, Past President of the Thursday Club, Bowie, TX: Lee Martin. "Crape Myrtle Garden Club" Nocona, TX: 2-27-1930. More About DAN LEE MARTIN: Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, TX [1] Name: Dan Lee Martin Death date: 30 Jan 1951 Death place: Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas Gender: Male Race or color (on document): white Age at death: 57 years 8 months 29 days Estimated birth year: Birth date: 01 May 1893 Birth place: Greer Co., Texas Marital status: Married Spouse name: Father name: Joe A. Martin Father birth place: Texas Mother name: Nannie Doolen Mother birth place: Texas Occupation: Teacher Residence: Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas Cemetery name: Laurel Land Burial place: Dallas, Texas Burial date: 31 Jan 1951 Additional relatives: Film number: 2074651 Digital GS number: 4166815 Image number: 1307 Reference number: item 1 cn 01184 Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 [2] Funeral services for Dan Lee Martin, 57, of 330 West Twelfth, a Texas school administrator more than twenty years, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Wesley Methodist Church, 2431 South Marsalis. The Rev. Boyd I. DeVore will officiate. Burial will be in Laurel Land Memorial Park. Martin, who died in a Dallas hospital Tuesday, was superintendent of public schools at Bowie, Montague County, for fifteen years. He later served for eight years as superintendent of schools at Cleveland, Liberty County. Martin was a graduate of Sam Houston State Teachers College at Huntsville. He held a Master’s degree from the University of Texas. Martin retired from teaching six years ago and lived in Houston until he moved to Dallas three months ago. Martin had been active in Rotary Clubs in both Bowie and in Cleveland. He was a member of the Masonic lodge and of the Methodist Church. Martin is survived by his wife; a son, Dan Lee Martin Jr. of Houston; his stepmother, Mrs. Nora Martin of Vernon; four brothers, Roy B. Martin of Paul Valley, Okla..; Joe A Martin of Vernon, William J. Martin of Houston and James D. Martin of Joshua, Johnson County and two grandchildren. Dallas Morning News Jan 31 1951 [3]
  Person ID	I1188	Extended Families of Childress
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Joseph Allen Martin,   b. 29 Jul 1866, Henderson Co., TX ,   d. 28 Nov 1935, Sunset, Montague Co., TX  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Nancy Elizabeth Doolen,   b. 27 Feb 1861, Navarro Co., TX ,   d. 25 Apr 1915, Sunset, Montague Co., TX  (Age 54 years)
  Married	Bef Mar 1892	Navarro Co., TX
  Family ID	F413	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ada Belle,   b. 1889, AL ,   d. Aft 1951  (Age > 63 years)
  Children	1. Dan Lee Martin, Jr.,   d. 14 Feb 1989, Tarrant Co., TX
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F418	Group Sheet

  
  

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  Died - 30 Jan 1951 - 330 W. 12th St, Dallas, TX  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Dan Lee Martin Death Certificate
  		Dan Lee Martin Obituary Notice

  
  

• Sources

  [S102] Family Sheet Prepared by Lilly Martin. [S171] Texas Death Index 1890-1976. [S263] Dallas Morning News, 31 Jan 1951.