Janet Wright Martin  1944-2021

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Memorial services for Janet Wright Martin, 77, of Alba were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021 at Amazing Grace Fellowship Church in Alba. Pastor Byron George officiated.

Interment will be scheduled later at Old Salem Cemetery, Alba.

Janet Martin was born on May 11, 1944 in Alba to the late John Alton Wright and Ruby Lou Sherwood. She died Friday, Oct. 8, 2021 at Hospice of East Texas, Tyler.

Janet was a lifelong resident of Alba. She was a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, a seamstress, a hairdresser and a homemaker.

Janet was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 45 years, C.B. Martin, Jr.; her son, Trey Martin; and two brothers, Ferrell Wright and Ronnie Wright.

She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Wanda and Ronny Gaby of Alba; stepdaughter, Marie Johns of Lubbock; granddaughter, Jamie Boyd of Brashear; grandson, David Johns of Lubbock; great-grandchildren, Jameson Boyd and Scarlet Boyd of Brashear; one brother, John Wright, Jr. of Golden; and sisters, Martha Hines of Alba and Lara and Floyd Kent of Golden.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of East Texas.