Verner Howard Martin

Verner Howard Martin, 93, born in Commerce Ga. and

longtime resident of Atlanta and Dahlonega Ga. passed

away Nov. 25, 2015, after a short illness.

He was the son of the late Mr. O.T. and Loreena Martin, of

Citronelle Alabama. He is survived by his three children

Patricia Higgins (husband Jim Higgins), David Martin (wife

Suzanne Martin) and Dean Martin (wife Tammy Martin)

and 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. He was

preceded in death by his wife Ann Callaway Martin and his

oldest son, Howard Martin (wife Beth Martin). He is also

survived by his brother Bobby Martin and Bobby’s wife

Jeanette, of Citronelle Alabama

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As a teenage student at Atlanta’s Tech High School, he

enlisted in the U.S. Navy the day after Pearl Harbor.

Throughout the war he saw action in both the Pacific and

Atlantic Theater of operations as a signalman aboard the

USS Loyd E. Acree DE356. Upon returning from the war,

he graduated from Georgia Tech and started Martin

Containers which supplied corrugated boxes all over the

southeast. Later in life he built homes in the Atlanta area,

often in the Colonial Williamsburg style. He also became a

pilot and mined for gold in Mexico and Dahlonega Ga.

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A memorial service will be held at a later date.