- Date Of Birth: March 10, 1928
- Date Of Death: October 24, 2017
- State: Mississippi
OXFORD- Mother Nellie Bernice Martin, 89, passed away on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. She was born March 10, 1928 in Lafayette Springs, MS to the late Harmon Correthers and Henry Etta Adams Correthers.
She accepted Christ at an early age and joined Clear Springs M.B. Church in Lafayette Springs, MS. When the family moved to Oxford, she united with Second Missionary Baptist Church. She united in holy matrimony to Floyd Martin and then joined with her husband at North Hopewell M.B. Church, to this union, nine children were born. Bernice remained a faithful member of North Hopewell until God called her home.
Ms. Bernice, as she was so lovingly called, was a true educator and she inspired so many others to be successful. She loved Christian Education and she encouraged others to become leaders, teachers and missionaries within the realms of Christian Studies. Ms. Bernice was a faithful member of the Tallahatchie Oxford Missionary Baptist Association, where she served as Woman’s Auxiliary president for 22 years; the T.O.M.B. Congress of Christian Education, where she served as instructor; the New Educational State Convention where she served as treasurer of the women department.
Ms. Bernice was loved and adored by everyone she met. She was told by many, that she could make a living out of anything she did. She was a bookkeeper for her husband’s company for many years, a seamstress, a baker, and a childcare provider for many people in the Oxford area. She stayed busy every day keeping children for anyone who needed her. She often said, “I am still needed, that’s why God has left me here.” She loved her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, entire church family, friends and all she met. When she was told, “I love you.” She was always quick to respond, “I love you more.” She was a passionate and inspiring Woman of God.
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