Junior Ellison Martin

Junior Ellison Martin, 70, died Sunday, March 27, 2011 in Searcy. He was born January 12, 1941 in Russell a son of the late Oather and Lilly Knight Martin. Junior was owner/operator of the Precision Construction Company, constructing grain handling equipment. He was a deacon at the Temple Baptist Church in Bald Knob and was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing, especially with his grandsons. Survivors: wife, Peggy Martin; son, Randy Martin (Phylecia) of Beebe; two grandsons, David and Daniel Martin of Beebe; sister, Nina Dennison of Benton Harbor, Michigan; three brothers, Harold Martin of Bald Knob, Jerry Martin of Watervliet, Michigan and Gene Martin of Thayer, Missouri. Visitation: Tuesday, 6-8: p.m. Services: Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 2 p.m., Powell Funeral Home Chapel, Bald Knob. Interment: Shady Grove Cemetery by Powell Funeral Home, Bald Knob-Judsonia. www.powellfuneralhome.net.