Mrs. Reta Frances Goettee Martin Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Mrs. Reta Frances Martin, 82, of Mt. Enterprise, will be at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 at Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home chapel with Bro. Darrel Owens officiating. Interment will follow at Shiloh Cemetery under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home of Henderson. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m., Monday, Feb. 3, 2020 at the funeral home. Mrs. Martin passed away January 30, 2020, at Henderson Health and Rehab. She was born August 11, 1937, in Trinity County to the late George and Delma Reed Goettee. She graduated from Grapeland High School where she played basketball, baseball, and volleyball. She also received several honors. She was considered to be the most successful. She went on to attend college at California Southern University and Valley College San Bernardino where she majored in humanities. She married Arthur "Buster" Martin on February 18, 1967. She became a member of Church of Christ in Mt. Enterprise in 1976. She loved to draw, write poetry and songs, also going on picnics and always studied the Bible. Survivors include son, David Martin and wife Jennifer of Mt. Enterprise, son Samuel Elliott and wife Joanne of Grapeland, daughter Barbara Strong and husband Bill of Grand Prairie; grandchildren include Steven Martin and Julia Martin of Mt. Enterprise, Nathan Elliott of Gainesville and Ethan Elliott of Grapeland; and great-grandchildren Phoebe Ann Elliott and Ruby Jo Elliott. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband Bobbie Elliott, second husband Arthur "Buster" Martin, and her son Cheyenne Joe Martin. Pallbearers are Steven Martin, Ethan Elliott, Bill Strong, David Ray Williamson, Joe Owens, and Bobby Coleman. Honorary pallbearers are Leon Flanagan, T.H. Flanagan, Nathan Elliott, and Paul Reeves. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordacrim.com.

Mrs. Reta Frances Goettee Martin

August 11, 1937 - January 30, 2020