At age 21, on 24 Jan 1904, Alva married Thomas Franklin Martin in Iron City, Calhoun County.
They had four children:
Buford Logan (1905-1973)
Myrtis Laura (1908-1993)
Katie Frances (1914-2007)
Thomas Franklin Jr (1918-2007)
From her obituary in The Anniston Star dated Saturday, 5 June 1965:
"Mrs. Alva B. Martin, 82, of Oxford, Rt. 6, died today at 12:40 a.m. at West End Baptist Hospital in Birmingham after an illness of three weeks.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p.m., at Iron City Methodist Church with burial in Old Davistown Cemetery. Gray Brown-Service Mortuary in charge.
She is survived by two sons; Buford of Ozark and Franklin of Birmingham; two daughters, Mrs. G.W. Quinn of Birmingham and Mrs. A.J. Nilles of Baltimore, Md; two sisters, Mrs. Augie Rhodes of Piedmont and Mrs. Bessie Clay of Heflin; two brothers, Wallace Brannon of Lincoln and Morgan Brannon of Laguna Beach, Fla., seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild."
At age 21, on 24 Jan 1904, Alva married Thomas Franklin Martin in Iron City, Calhoun County.
They had four children:
Buford Logan (1905-1973)
Myrtis Laura (1908-1993)
Katie Frances (1914-2007)
Thomas Franklin Jr (1918-2007)
From her obituary in The Anniston Star dated Saturday, 5 June 1965:
"Mrs. Alva B. Martin, 82, of Oxford, Rt. 6, died today at 12:40 a.m. at West End Baptist Hospital in Birmingham after an illness of three weeks.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p.m., at Iron City Methodist Church with burial in Old Davistown Cemetery. Gray Brown-Service Mortuary in charge.
She is survived by two sons; Buford of Ozark and Franklin of Birmingham; two daughters, Mrs. G.W. Quinn of Birmingham and Mrs. A.J. Nilles of Baltimore, Md; two sisters, Mrs. Augie Rhodes of Piedmont and Mrs. Bessie Clay of Heflin; two brothers, Wallace Brannon of Lincoln and Morgan Brannon of Laguna Beach, Fla., seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild."
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