Homer Hall Martin Our Stephen Ministers Are Highly Trained Individuals Who January 25, 1925 – October 31, 2020 the LORD Is My Shepherd, I Lack Nothing
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Are you mourning the death of a loved one or a friend? Service to Celebrate Grief Workshop the Life of Seven Mondays, beginning September 13. Psalm 23 One on One Encouragement and Support Homer Hall Martin Our Stephen Ministers are highly trained individuals who January 25, 1925 – October 31, 2020 The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. are available to listen, offer support and walk alongside those He makes me lie down in green pastures, experiencing seasons of loss. They’re available to meet for an hour a he leads me beside quiet waters, week by phone or at a place that’s mutually convenient. he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths Prayer A group prays for concerns. Please email to [email protected]. for his name’s sake. Even though I walk For more information, call our Caring Ministries Office, 884-6145. through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICES in the presence of my enemies. Online at firstprescos.org/watch at 8:30 and 9 a.m. In-person Sanctuary: 8:30 & 10 a.m. You anoint my head with oil; In-person Worship Center: 9 & 11 a.m. my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me Register for Sunday in-person worship on the preceding Monday at 9 a.m. at all the days of my life, my.firstprescos.org/sundayworship and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Thursday, June 17, 2021 • 2 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Colorado Springs, Colorado LIGHT AND LIFE FOR THE CITY Order of Service Homer Hall Martin Jr., age 95, passed away October 31, 2020, Homer was Comptroller and Vice President at Texas Gas Corporation surrounded by loving family at his daughter’s home in Delta, Colorado. when he left to teach in the accounting department at Sam Houston Prelude Homer was born in Waco, Texas, on January 25, 1925, to Homer Hall State College in Huntsville, Texas. He left after one year to work at Martin Sr. and Dora Lee Holmes Martin. He was the youngest of five Colorado Interstate Gas (CIG) in Colorado Springs. After 17 years, Call to Worship brothers and a sister who died in infancy. He lived next door to his he retired in 1983 as a Senior Vice President. Homer met for weekly cousins. The local Waco fire chief taught Homer to play the trumpet. lunches with CIG friends for many years. Homer often spoke of the Psalm 27:1, 4–5, 13–14 He was active in the junior and high school bands. He also worked high moral character of his CIG colleagues. throughout these same years as a golf caddy at the Waco golf course. Prayer of Invocation Thus began a lifelong love of the game. Homer and Carolyn moved back to Waco to be closer to family for a few years. They returned to Colorado Springs, and First Presbyterian Solo, “Blest Be the Tie That Binds” Upon graduating from Waco High School in 1942, Homer enlisted in Church as well. Frank Martin the Navy at age 17. He went to radio school in Boulder, Colorado. While in Boulder, Homer joined the First Presbyterian Church choir. He was Above all, Homer valued family. He organized camping trips, ski trips, Remembering Homer With Gratitude to God befriended by a local family who listened to an unfamiliar genre of and vacations to beautiful and interesting places. He built a cabin in Frank Martin, Ellen Beckham, Joan Reynolds music. Thus began another lifelong love: classical music. the Rocky Mountains near Florissant, Colorado, and later bought one in Green Mountain Falls closer to home. Homer thoroughly enjoyed Prayer of Thanks Homer was a radio operator on the USS Hopkins, a high-speed entertaining out-of-town relatives and friends who visited the family in minesweeper until the end of the war. He participated in Pacific Colorado Springs by taking them to see the glories of the mountains. Hymn, “When We All Get to Heaven” campaigns and island-hopping invasions, including those in the Russel He also organized trips to visit family in Texas and California, enabling Islands, Solomon Islands, Saipan, Guam, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima and wonderful memories with the Martin, Gayer and Wakefield relatives. Remembering the Resurrection Okinawa. The Hopkins swept the entrances to Tokyo Bay for two days He and Carolyn often met family members at the Aspen Music Festival. 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 and was anchored in sight of Mount Fuji during the ceremonial signing They enjoyed traveling in their RV. They traveled all the way to Vienna of Japan’s surrender on September 2, 1945. and Salzburg for their 50th Golden Anniversary. Hymn, “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” After receiving an Honorable Discharge in December 1945, Homer Homer also had memorable trips with great friends to play golf in Prayer of Commendation returned to Waco. He used the GI Bill to obtain a business degree Scotland. For Homer, golf was a source of enjoyable recreation his at Baylor University, majoring in accounting and economics. While whole adult life, and also a context for sustained, long-term friendships. Benediction at Baylor he met the love of his life, Carolyn Gayer, a violin student But if he didn’t have a partner, he would be the first person on the golf majoring in music. They were married on August 21, 1948. After course along with the maintenance staff at 6:30 a.m., on each of the five Military Honors earning an MBA from the University of Texas, he became a CPA in weekdays. 1951 and started to work in public accounting. Carolyn and Homer Postlude had three children: Joan was born in 1952, Beth in 1955, Frank in 1958. Homer was very fond of his grandchildren—Carolyn, Ellen, Dillon and * * * The family attended South Main Baptist Church, where Homer sang in Beckett—who spent many happy occasions at “Nana and Pa’s” place. Officiant: Rev. Dr. John Goodale the bass section of the choir and Carolyn often played violin in church He also had memorable visits with his step-grandchildren—Sarah and Organist/Pianist: Dr. Roderick Gorby services. During the Houston years, he bought a good camera and set up Marina—and his six great-grandchildren. He lived to see his youngest Coordinator: Rev. Linda Boyles a darkroom at home. His favorite subject was the family. great-grandchild, Shepherd Beckham..