10/21/11 — DOROTHY B. MARTIN

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DOROTHY B. MARTIN

April 22, 1941-Oct. 19, 2011

MOUNT OLIVE -- Dorothy "Priss" Blizzard Martin, 70, retired rural letter carrier with Mount Olive Post Office, native of White Flash/Blizzard's Crossroads section of Duplin County and a 1959 graduate of B.F. Grady High School, died Wednesday in Goldsboro at home.

Preceded in death by her parents, James Earl Blizzard and Essie Taylor Blizzard Hill; her brother, David Earl "Charlie" Blizzard; and an infant son, George Britt Martin Jr.; she is survived by two daughters, Lynn Martin Elmo of Goldsboro and Barbara Martin Musselman and husband, John, of Den Haag, the Netherlands; two grandchildren, Jordan Musselman of Elon College and Marissa Musselman of the Netherlands; and the families of her late brother.

Funeral services for "Priss" will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at Tyndall Funeral Home, officiated by the Rev. Geoffrey A. Carter, with burial at 2 p.m. Sunday in Blizzard Family Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home immediately following the service Saturday.

(Pd)

Published in Obituaries on October 21, 2011 1:50 PM