Mrs. Corvenia Martin

Mrs. Corvenia Martin, 71, of Williamson, West Virginia was born in Welch, West Virginia on May 2, 1948 to the late Tim Coles and Margaret Faulkner.  Corvenia went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. 

Corvenia attended school at Kimball High School in Kimball, West Virginia where she was First Runner-up of Miss Kimball High School.  She later attended Liberty High School and Southern West Virginia  Community College.  She retired  after 35 years as a nurse aide at Williamson Memorial Hospital. 

Corvenia was a devoted and faithful member of Logan Street First Baptist Church.  She loved her pastor and church family dearly and was a strong woman of faith.  She shared her faith and love for God with everyone, especially the children.  Corvenia served in many capacities at the church; Chairperson of Deaconess Board, Vice-President of the Senior Choir, member of the Nannie B. Perkins Guild, the Rose of Sharon Mission, and the Board of Christian Education, Superintendent of Sunday School, Sunday School Teacher of the Primary Class, and Vacation Bible School Staff.   Corvenia instituted the 5th Sunday Fellowship Dinner.   In addition to her local church involvement, Corvenia was a Counselor of the Tug River District Youth Missionary & Educational Convention, a constituent of the West Virginia Baptist State Women’s Auxiliary at Hilltop; 2018 Graduate of the West Virginia Baptist State Convention Seminary Extension in Educational Ministries; and a member of the NAACP Williamson Branch.  Corvenia, along with her daughter, Margie, regularly volunteered as Counselors at the Summer Camp at Hilltop.

Corvenia will be deeply missed by her loving and devoted family; husband, Ronald Martin; daughters, Margie Alston of Laurel, Maryland and Mahogany Martin of Columbus, Ohio; brother, Leon Faulkner of Lenoir, North Carolina; sister, Zenobia Cardwell of Cleveland, Ohio; eight grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews and many friends. 

Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at Logan Street First Baptist Church in Williamson. Reverend Gerald Dotson will officiate. Interment will follow in Mt. View Memory Gardens, in Maher, West Virginia.  Pallbearers will be members of the family.   Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. 

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