William
Augustin Martin
1887
W.A.
MARTIN DIES OF HEART ATTACK
William Augustin Martin, 77, prominent Chattanooga real estate man, died
unexpectedly here yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Martin was
pronounced dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital, where he had been taken
following a heart attack at his home, 930 Scenic Highway, Lookout mountain.
Funeral
services will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at the First Presbyterian Church, with
the Rev. Willard Peak officiating. Burial
will be in Forest Hills Cemetery.
Mr. Martin, a
native and life long resident of Chattanooga, had extensive real estate holdings
here.
He had served
as a city commissioner of Lookout Mountain for five years.
He was a retired elder of both the First Presbyterian and Lookout
Mountain Presbyterian churches.
Mr. Martin was
a graduate of Pantops Academy at Charlottesville, Va., and of the University of
Virginia, where he was a star football and baseball player for three years.
He was a member of Sigma Chi social fraternity.
The well-known
Chattanoogan served as a first lieutenant with the 31st Division
during World War I. He also was a charter member of Troop B, Tennessee Cavalry.
Mr. Martin was
a member of the Chattanooga Half-Century Club.
He is survived
by his wife, the former Miss Mary McGruder, whom he married in 1924; three sons,
William M., John M. and James B. Martin; a brother. Ernest Martin, all of
lookout Mountain; an aunt, Mrs. Joseph H. Davenport, Chattanooga and a niece,
Mrs. Thomas Randolph Cooper, Savannah, Ga.
Honorary
pallbearers at the funeral will be elders and deacons of the First Presbyterian
Church.
The family has
requested that flowers be omitted.
Chattanooga Times May 2, 1887
Submitted
by Gary P. Martin
jgmartin@mindspring.com