SHERMAN - Funeral services for Martha Martin Dollins will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 11 at Waldo Funeral Home with Rev. Bob Fogarty, Rev. Joe Crow, and Rev. Lester Scally officiating. Burial will follow at West Hill Cemetery with Earl Myatt, Larry Atherton, Chris Myatt, Jeff Dollins, Gary Dollins, Johnny Southerland and Dennis Teague serving as pallbearers. Mrs. Dollins passed away Monday, March 8. 2010 at Texoma Medical Center at the age 60.
Martha was born on Oct. 11, 1949 in Sherman to the late J.L. Martin Jr. and Sarah (Estes) Martin. She attended Sherman schools and married Michael Thomas Dollins on her birthday Oct. 11, 1990. Michael passed away in 2004. Martha worked at Wyatt's Cafeteria until it closed and then she worked at several nursing homes in the Sherman area, retiring from Homestead of Sherman in 2009. She was a member of the Loving Baptist Church. Martha will be remembered for her love of purses and her two dogs, Blackie and Susie. 
Martha is survived by her brother Rickey Martin and wife Jan; sister, Helen Myatt and husband Earl; brother-in-law, Gary Dollins and wife Sandy; sister-in-law, Karen Dollins; aunts Ruby Sisemore and Cleo Estes; uncle Walter Skipworth; several nieces and nephews including Misty Cardwell and husband Garland, Chris Myatt and daughter Stephanie, Betsy Dowell and son Grayson, Robin Atherton and husband Larry, Wendy Eggleston, Mandy Clark and husband Kelvin, Dennis Teague, Andy Teague and wife Vicki and Jeff Dollins and wife Michelle; and numerous great-nieces, great-nephews and cousins. Two cousins Norma Risinger and Johnny Sutherland took special care to make sure they were there when she needed them. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers, Ronnie and Jerry Martin; brothers-in-law, Pat Dollins; and sister-in-law, Nancy Teague and her husband Wayne.
The family would like to thank Dr. Larry Barker and the Denison Cancer Center, Dr. Mark Dickson, Dr. Richard Saltz and the very kind nursing staff on the 4th floor at Texoma Medical Center.
The family will receive friends from 6 -8 p.m. Wednesday at Waldo Funeral Home. The register book can be signed at waldofuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Loving Baptist Church or the American Cancer Society.