Billie Irene Martin

Services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17th, at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with Rev. Jim Millsap officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Graveside services are scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Tuesday at Crown Hill Memorial Park in Dallas.

Mrs. Martin, the daughter of William Franklin Abercrombie and Pauline Goodman Abercrombie, was born Nov. 8, 1933, in Foreman, Arkansas.

She attended school in Foreman, Arkansas. Her career with the Dallas Independent School District as pastry cook spanned many years before her retirement.

Billie was a member of Northside Baptist Church in Carrollton.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Dorsey Martin, Sr., following a marriage that spanned 65 years. All her siblings also preceded her in death.

Survivors include four children; Donnie Abercrombie of Trenton, Dorsey Martin, Jr. & wife Pat of Farmers Branch, Davella Millsap & husband John of Paris, and David Martin of Frisco, grandchildren; Paula René Sutton & husband Rob, Donnie Ray Abercrombie & wife Tammy, Micheal Martin, Amie VanBlarcom & husband Jeff, Deanna Millsap, Johnny Dale Millsap, Jr. & wife Hillary, Ashlie Martin and Cody Martin, 17 great grandchildren, and many nieces & nephews along with a host of friends.