1921
Sara Mae Martin Goff Judd was born on March 17, 1921 in Lugoff, she was a daughter of Fletcher Randolph Martin and Julia Campbell Martin.
1930
Sam Martin was counted in the census on 02 May 1930 in Shady Grove, Richland, South Carolina, USA, as a 9-year-old, male, single, white, son. Also in the home was his father, Fletcher R Martin; his mother, Julia A Martin; and his siblings; Minnie E Martin, Fletcher D Martin, Neze M Martin, Matiline Martin and Emily L Martin.
2016
Sarah Mae Martin Judd
Sara Mae Martin Goff Judd, 95, of Columbia, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, November 1, 2016, surrounded by her loving family.
She was a Civil Service Employee 42 years. She worked in the Torpedo Plant during World War II in Alexandria, Virginia. When she moved back to Columbia she was employed at Fort Jackson Quarter Master Laundry as an office clerk and eventually worked her way up to become a supervisor. Her Christian Faith was a constant in her life. She provided her family with a living example of obedience to God’s word and unconditional love. She was a kind, gentle, woman with a loving spirit. To know her was to love her. She loved music, especially Gospel and Country. She never took music lessons but could sit down at the piano or organ and play whatever song was in her head at that time.
Surviving were her children, Dianne Holthaus, Everett “Bubba” Goff, Jr. both of Hopkins, and Nadine Bradley (George) of Columbia; seven grandchildren, Ward (Allyson), Jason (Dawn), Leanne (Chris), Lynette (Mike), Everette (Serandy), Jerry (Sherry), Angie (Mike), and Michael; eleven great-grandchildren, Declan, Michaela, Mackenzie, Nicholas, David, Katelyn, Hannah, Seth, Kit, Chase, and Cameron; and last, but not least, her faithful four-legged companion, Rosie.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her first husband, Oliver E. Goff; her second husband, Almond C. Judd; sisters, Elizabeth Tucker, Emma Spires, Mattie Higgins, and Edna Poe; and brothers, Fletcher Martin and Neze Martin.
The family wishes to thank Palmetto Health Hospice Home and Hospital Care, Dr. Elaine Roque-Nazario of Palmetto Senior Primary Care and Dr. Robert Schulze of Columbia Heart, for all their expert care and kindness.
Memorials may be made to Mt. Elon Baptist Church, 718 Mount Elon Church Roadd, Hopkins, SC 29061.
A funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 5, 2016, at Mt. Elon Baptist Church with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. The family received friends from 1 until 2:00 p.m. prior to the service at the church. Reverend Charles Wilson and Reverend Lavern Hancock officiated the service. Pallbearers were Mrs. Judd’s grandsons, Ward Dunn, Jason Germain, Christopher Northcut, Everette Goff III, David “Jerry” Butler, and Michael Bradley. Honorary Pallbearers were her brother-in-law, Olin C. Poe, and nephews, Fletcher Martin, Stanley Higgins, Neal Higgins, Van Higgins, Lawrence Davis, Lavon Poe, Kerry Poe, Conrad Poe. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, assisted the family.
