Patrick County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Biographies.....Martin, Lila Elizabeth Bryant July 2, 1888 - May 6, 1948 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ron Martin cindyandron@bellsouth.net August 2, 2021, 8:24 pm Source: Interviews, information from Ancestry, and The Enterprise Author: Ron Martin Lila Elizabeth Bryant was born on July 2, 1888 , the youngest daughter of John Wesley Bryant, a Civil War veteran and Judith Ann Cox Bryant both of Dodson which is located in Patrick County, Virginia. On September 11, 1918, at the age of 30, she married 32 year old Charlie Bishop Martin also of Dodson in a ceremony in Stuart, Virginia performed by the Elder Samuel Amos Thompson. Also present at the ceremony were Charlie's brother Peter Martin of Dodson and a cousin Albert Emberson also of Dodson as well as the clerk of the Patrick County Circuit Court John Taylor. They were driven home by automobile by Albert Emberson and they lived at the home of her husband and his family in the Puppy Creek area. During this period of time, they purchased a lot of real estate in the Puppy Creek area of Patrick County as well as well as embarking upon a family. On May 13, 1920, her first son, Joseph Warren Martin was born. On April 23, 1922, her second son Auston Castle Nick Martin was born. On September 24, 1923, Joseph passed away at the tender age of three years old and was buried in the nearby family cemetery which today honors her father, the John Wesley Bryant Cemetery. On September 18, 1924, her only daughter Hallie Mae Martin was born. Five years later on September 8, 1929, her youngest son Amos Lee Martin was born. On January 21, 1942, Charlie and his wife Lila purchased the store, grist mill, and a rental home from James Linville Walker and Minerva Annie Martin, Charlie's first cousin located on Little Goblintown Creek which had been in operation since around 1850. From the point of sale, Charlie maintained Martin's Store and the Goblintown Mill. Lila greeted many of their customers that came through the door at the storehouse. This little store became the focal point of the social scene in the little community that it served with the demise of nearby Fayerdale. Charlie sold an abundance of goods and the grist mill seemingly was limited to corn meal and ground malt which were in demand from local distillers. They ran the store and grist mill quite successfully. Sometime around 1945, Lila was diagnosed with breast cancer. She bravely suffered for several years before finally succumbing to this insidious disease on May 6, 1948. She was laid to rest in the Goodwill Church of the Brethren Cemetery in Goblintown which is now the Foley-Rorrer Cemetery. She is buried beside of her husband who passed away in 1961. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb