Martha Landreth Terry

Martha Landreth Terry, 81, departed on July 23, 2019. She wrote the following for her obituary: “She left this temporary earthy tent and traded it for her heavenly robes of glory – God’s glory. She wished to have many follow her to Heaven. Jesus stands with out stretched arms, open to all who will repent and accept Him as Lord and Savior. He loves you and wants you to come to Him – spend eternity in His love and care. Please follow me to Heaven. Hell is unacceptable.” She was preceded in death by her parents, R. B. and Ruth’l Landreth, a son D. Lewis Terry, JR. She is survived by her husband, Decker Terry, son Ronald B. Terry (Peggy), Her brother Shedd Landreth (Bobbie), nephew Rob Landreth, a niece Wendy Stewart (Steve) and a Grandniece Sherry Whatley (Mike) and Grandniece Morgan Lowery (Brady) plus six Grandnephews. Martha attended Memphis State University on a full majorette and concert (flute) scholarship and received many Freshman honors. She graduated from Ole Miss with majors in Phycology and Sociology and lacked only 3 hours for an English major. She was selected as the AFROTC 430th Detachment Sponsor and was one of “Five Queens for Five Aces”. She married Decker in 1959 after his AFROTC commissioning and started their USAF journey to fulfill his mandatory military obligation. During the next twenty years while raising two children, she was selected as an Outstanding Young Woman of the year, served as editor of Officers Wives Clubs newspapers, collected, when she could, many types of English antiques, artwork. She enjoyed traveling and liked visiting new places she had never seen, especially in Europe. She was able to visit Paris, Rome, Madrid, Germany, Edinburgh, London, Cambridge, and Oxford. She dearly loved the camaraderie and focus that isolated living overseas placed on family living and USAF friends/community. She fell in love with the English and their culture, especially the London theater district and their first rate, classic plays. She taught Sunday School classes from children through senior adults for over thirty years, mostly at First Baptist Church. She was a vociferous reader of her Bible, Agatha Christy Mysteries, and all well written mystery books. She loved art and painting, her beautiful rose garden and flowers, and most of all, her beloved bird dogs. Martha’s family requests in lieu of flowers, please donate to your favorite missionary organization or to her beloved GRACE Ministries (Guatemala), P.O Box 223, Grand Bay, AL 36541. Her funeral will be held at Prattville Memorial Chapel on Monday, July 29, 2019 at 12:00 p.m., followed by interment at the Alabama National Cemetery, Montevallo, Alabama at 2:00 p.m. The family will receive friends on Monday at Prattville Memorial from 11:00 a.m. till 12:00 p.m.

Martha Landreth Terry

December 3, 1937 - July 23, 2019