Martha Cole
Posted: August 29, 2014
LA PORTE, Ind. — Martha Evelyn Cole, 80, died Aug. 26, 2014, at Franciscan St. Anthony Health in Michigan City, Indiana. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Lowndes Funeral Home Chapel with Junior Eads officiating. Burial will follow at Egger Cemetery in Caledonia. Visitation is Monday form 9:30-11 a.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Cole was born in Harrison, Arkansas, on March 24, 1934, to the late Kermit and Irene Smith Baucom. She was formerly employed as a seamstress. She was also employed with Burger King. She was a member of Victory Tabernacle in Columbus. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin Cole; daughters, Darlene and Debra; brother, Pete Baucom; and sister, Kathyren Phillips. She is survived by daughters, Valerie Peterson of Rolling Prairie, Lynn Banaski of Valparaiso, Indiana; siblings, Wanda Andrews, Ellis Baucom, David Baucom, Tony Baucom, Kermit Baucom Jr., Leslie Baucom and Michael Baucom; five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Martha Cole Memorial Fund, c/o Lowndes Funeral Home, 1131 N. Lehmberg Road, Columbus, MS 39702.