Ernest R. Martin,
March 22, 1981 ~ June 30, 2017
FUNERAL: 7:00 p.m. Friday, June 30, 2017, at Jewell-Rittman Family Funeral Home with the Rev. Ralph Wheeler and Rev. Howard Russell officiating CALLING: 4:00 p.m. until service time Friday at the funeral home BURIAL: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 1, 2017, at Greenlawn Cemetery in Nashville, Indiana MEMORIAL DONATIONS: Rev. Ernest Martin Jr. Memorial Fund through the funeral home To view Ernest's memorial video, please CLICK HERE. Rev. Ernest Reuben Martin Jr, 36, of Nashville, Indiana, died at 9:00 p.m. June 25, 2017, in Brown County due to injuries sustained in a car accident. The funeral will be conducted at 7:00 p.m. Friday, June 30, 2017, at Jewell-Rittman Family Funeral Home with the Rev. Ralph Wheeler and Rev. Howard Russell officiating. Calling will be from 4:00 p.m. until service time Friday at the funeral home. Interment will be at Greenlawn Cemetery in Nashville, Indiana, at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 1, 2017. Memorials may be made to the Rev. Ernest Martin Jr. Memorial Fund through the funeral home. Survivors include his wife, Linda L. Martin of Nashville, Indiana; daughters, Abigail Martin and Lydia Martin of Nashville, Indiana; his expected son, due in November, Ernest Reuben Martin III and parents, Ernest R. Sr. and Clara Martin of Knoxville, Tennessee; and a sister, Michelle (Luke) Ownby of Knoxville, Tennessee. He was preceded in death by his children, Noah, Nathaniel and Star Martin.






I’m so sorry Linda! You and Ernest has always held a very special place in my heart! Praying for you and the girls! Love you! ~Starr~
I am so sorry for your loss…Rev. Martin was a wonderful preacher and teacher of God’s word…my thoughts and prayers are with the family…may he comfort you during this time.
There are no words to express our grief for you and the family. You and Ernest are wonderful friends. He will be missed. Keeping you all in our prayers.
Sharing your loss in sympathy and frieendship
R.I.P. sweet young man. Your work on Earth is done. I am so honored to have known you since you were a child. You will be missed. You showed Michael Perry what a true Godly friend was. Thank you.
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