Page 2 - Phylicia Martin Obituary eBrochure

The life of Phylicia !fa.shad "~letha" \laniu hcgan in \k·mphis, T;-.;_ On 'l1111rsday, ,\111-,'l1st 10,
I 989 wlit·n she ,,·as horn lo Fdl'<·ia I );mlc11-l lrnranl ;uul I loscy Somt·om· :\for1i11. To her family,
she ,,·;L-; k.i1mrn as ":\k1ha." Ailhongh she was lhc second chi lei born, to her sihlin.~, she ofleu took
the role as tlie ol1ks1. ( )11 \\'eduesday,January rn, 2021, l'liylii·ia entered elemal rcsl. She al"ccpl-
t·d Chrisl as !in pt-rs<mal sa,·ior at an inncclihly }Ulllll!; age muln thl' pasloral ship of till' late lk'-
Sa111111y L Ccorgc, al Ilic ~lomi11g Siar \tissiouary Baplist Cl111rd1, Elaiue, .\R.
Phylicia spent her early diildlmod am! aclolcscc111 years with her malernal gre;11-1,,r,11l(l111othcr,
Saral1 J;Kksrn1-l!olm. It was tl1erc ,,·ere lier lifo frn11ulati011s l1cgt111. ) 1 l1ylicia altemlcd die !·Jaine
Sd100\ Systems duriug her elementary and middle school yrars, In 200i she 1,rr.ulua1cd l"rom the
7\..l;ir\'cl I liµ;l1 Sc-hool. Slie fitnl1en::d lier c<h1ca1io11al st11clies al 1l1e 1 "11i\'Crsi1y of .\rka.11sas, J)i11e
Blufl She atlemlcd ;md complc1cd her dq.,'l"Cl' al Paul \Iitchdl Sd1ool of Cosmetology. Scckiug ·.
a career rhaug<.', she ro111inued her sludies al S1rayer l ·11iYcrsity pursinl; a degree in Busi11css ,\d-
"-.:-• miuislratmn. Site was employed with Federal Express Corporation for on:r 1.5 years. I lcr last cm- ·
ploymcnl l\'as wi1h .\111azo11 Coqmratiou, :\k1upliis, T:\" .
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7 Pli,h<1,1 is 110\\ 1t·stmg m the \1111s ol (,()l) \\Ith hn m,1!<.111,11 gra11d11101hu Domlh} Boho
I ),um r, gi,uull.1tl1l1 \\ ,lll\.11 I J.u1I~ 11, pakmal gi;u1<lrnn1lll1 \'cl'.t \\ 1llxm1-I I.uuptou, ,mc l gi,uull,11lw1's
T ornmy I lood aml J osh :\.1artin; Crea1-1-,rr,md parculs Leroy ancl Sarn.h Bobo, Clcoph11s and
Mamie \\'ilhom awl \1rs. \1argarc1 I lanlcu. I kr aunls: Fomestra 11:uner-Vang:hu, Delois
l lamplon, Bobhie .\mold, Carolyn Marli11 and l jnda Carter; lier 1111dcs: Elder Derck.\.
I lanlcn, SGT Ed\\;ml I.. Bobo, Leroy Bobo Jr., Stale Tmopn LT. Bobo -1 .. ,wm", and Hay
Boho.
She lea,·cs 10 celehr.11e her life her ouly daughlerJaCali Haslmn :\larlin-Camey, hl·r dernlcd and
<kdirn1cd pare11ts, Fdc<·ia I J;mku-1 lowanl and Frank I lo\\'anl III (So111han-11, \.IS), Fa1her
I Josey \farti11 (~ (julc Hock, .-\R), Cr;uulfalhtT: l.c\·cll I lamer (:\.kmpliis, T;-.;), I k·r Sislcrs:
Kauedrn \lartin, l.aQ11i111a :\tanin. Chelsey \1artiu (So111l1an-11, \IS), andTcslll'ka Spears (l)all;L-;,
"J"X), I !e r l\ rn1hcrs: (J11i11l<111 '.\tarti11 ".-\ sl1 kc11" (H11s1011, ! ~\), lkrt:k I ltl\\'anl, Fra11k I l<marcl I\'
(So111ha,·e11, \1S), \larrns Crce11 "Darrelle" (i':orll1lake, TX), .uul Hasltad \lartin (.\ rkadclphia,
,\R), ,\ Special :-,;q,hc\\' B1yso11 l\tu·1i11 (So11lha,·e11, '.\·IS). :'\ciccs: Haig-en, Tcuariyah, Tierney,
T aylor and A11aya. :-,;ephc\\'s: Harirnis,Jamari, amlJaylon. Special .\11111: Latoya Bobo-Jones, I lcr
cousins: ;'\ylaJ011es and Kayla.Jones (\kmphis, T;-.;)_ 1 ler .-\mils: t]la \\'rii;-h1 and \ 'na \fartin
(l•:Jai11e, AR), \1.u-1ha Sla1cr "Hohc11", \\'est '.\lcmphis, .-\H, Pallil"ia \'aughn "Hil"k"' (:\.fcmphis,
T:\'), Diaue I lamplon (Los A11gdes, CA). Iler l indes: \\'illie l lamplon (Da)10n, AL), Terry
I lampton (Compton, C.\), Hicky I lc11derso11 (Soulh Bc11d, I:\), Brady \'a11gh11 (Southa,·en, \IS),
and .\nrnlray \'a11glm ()ilc111pliis, T;-.;). Creal- \htcrnal A1111ts: Samii Boho--1 loskin (Con)(ff:l,
T;\'), lknha Bolm-(.Juincr "Terry" (:\kmphi.~. Tl\:), am! Jjnda Bobo-Duncan '"Billy" (Lonoke,
AH). ()ne rnakmal great ~'l·eat a1111t: Callil'ri11c \\'ilkins-Boho (Chicago, II.). Special Cousius:
lkm·ka \\'right-1.cwis, Dl·romc Bobo Jr., Aklha (Juiucy-llolmcs, lk11ira Craysou-Samlcrs,
Lashauti (.Jui11cy-l lol111es, Slilimlrca (.Juim'y, Lindsey (.Juiuey, \\'emir (juin<-'Y, and a hosl ol
oll1rr comi11s, rdalin·s, and f1iemls. A \ 'cry SpcC'ial Fril'ml:Jamal Carnl'}' ('.\kmphis, T;-.;)_