Services for Jim Martin, 86, of Ada are 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 18, 2023 at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Charles Teel will officiate. Burial will follow at Swan Hill Cemetery. The family will receive relatives and friends from 5 to 7:00 p.m. Friday, March 17, 2023 at Criswell Funeral Home.
Mr. Martin died Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at an Oklahoma City hospital. He was born July 25, 1936 in Oklahoma City, OK to Virgil Clyde and Mary Hughes Martin.
He married Doris Barnett on March 16, 1954 in Sapulpa, OK. She preceded him in death in 1990. He later married Joan Floyd and she preceded him in death in 2012.
Mr. Martin was offered a football scholarship to the University of Arkansas but turned it down to pursue his dream as a Phillip 66 Dealer and Jobber for over 50 years. Jim’s service and gasoline stations were one of the few that provided full service during that era. You don’t see that anymore. Mr. Martin was self-employed as a bulk oil distributor for Phillips 66 and owned and managed Homer Stop & Go convenience store. Jim’s customers knew him for his “Jim-ism’s”: “Ready for the Big Day”, “One day one dollar, a million days a million dollars”, “Pick pick bird hog now?”, “Hey Big Boy”, “Not an imitation but the real thing” and the list goes on.
Jim enjoyed playing golf with his friends at Oak Hills Country Club. They called themselves, “The Rinkey Dinks.” He loved people and loved life but most of all, he loved Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior. He will be missed by many but his legacy will live on.
Survivors include a son, Jim V. Martin, Jr. and wife Vickie; two daughters, Debbra Smith and husband Hicks and Kristi Byers and husband Mike; three step-daughters, Meredith Stephenson and husband Jon, Hilary Jones and husband Justin and Scottie Edgar and husband Chris; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and three great great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two wives, Doris Martin and Joan Martin; a sister, Charlene McLaughlin; and a granddaughter, Lori Lee Smith.
Bearers will be Hicks Avery Smith, IV, Mark Byers, Tyler James Smith, Jamie Lauck, Jacob Foran and Quintin James. Honorary bearers will be Bob Tweedy, Henry Katz, John Coleman, Mike Estep and Mark Hightower..
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
