Tom Jefferson Martin

In Loving Memory of Tom Jefferson Martin TOM JEFFERSON MARTIN, 91 of Ripplemead, VA passed away Tuesday morning, September 14, 2010 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg.  Mr. Martin was born on May 13, 1919 in Clover Hollow, VA., and was a son of the late Frank Elija Martin and Martha Susan Duncan Martin.  Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by wife Helen Sabat Martin, one son, Douglas J. Martin, one daughter, Brenda Alice Martin and one sister, Mae M. O’Quinn.  Mr. Martin was a member of the First Christian Church in Pearisburg and he retired as an employee of the Celanese Plant in Narrows, VA in 1984 with over 41 years of service.  Tom has lived his entire life in scenic Giles County.  He grew up in Clover Hollow in Newport.  As a young man he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, established by the U.S. Congress.  He later worked at the Radford Arsenal Ammunition Plant.  He is survived by one daughter, Vicki Martin Adamson of Blacksburg, one sister, Nancy M. Cooper of Pearisburg, three grandchildren, Christopher Douglas Blankenship, Bryan Stephen Adamson, Jordan Thomas Adamson and one great grandson, Bradley Lynn Adamson.  Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, September 18, 2010 at 11:00 am at the Givens Funeral Chapel in Pearisburg with the Rev. E.C. Redmond officiating, with burial following in the Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg.  The family will receive friends at the Givens Funeral Home, Friday from 6 – 8 pm.  Online condolences can be sent to the family at givensfuneralhome.com. If you would like to send your condolences to the family via Givens Funeral Home, simply sign the Memorial Guestbook by clicking the link.  Your condolences will be printed out and given to the family.