Sonya Howard Martin, 50 of Etowah, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at Pardee Hospital. She was born in Brevard, the daughter of W. Leon Howard and Margaret Galloway Howard.
A 1980 graduate of Brevard High School, she received her nursing degree from AB Tech. She began her nursing career at Pardee Hospital and over the years worked at several different places, the last one being the Hyperbaric Center at St. Lukeís hospital. Over the course of her career she touched many lives and will be greatly missed.
She was of the Baptist faith.
Surviving in addition to her parents, is her husband of 28 years, Kenneth ìMuffyî Martin; her son Aaron ìTotoî Martin; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.
A funeral service will be held at 2:00pm on Monday at Etowah Baptist Church. Revs. John Mason, Allen Thompson, Allen Martin, and Thomas Glenn will officiate. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory. The family will receive friends from 6pm to 9 pm on Sunday at Forest Lawn Funeral Home.
Service
12:00 AM
Etowah Baptist Church - Directions
6508 Brevard Road
Etowah, NC 28729
Service
Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory - Directions
994 New Hendersonville Hwy
Pisgah Forest, NC 28768
Visitation
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Forest Lawn Funeral Home Chapel - Directions
538 Tracy Grove Road
Hendersonville, NC 28792
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