Martha Jo Blaine
August 17, 1924 — December 27, 2017
Martha J. Blaine, 93 of Amarillo passed away Wednesday, December 27, 2017.
Funeral Services will be 1:00 p.m., Monday, January 8, 2018 at Schooler Funeral Home, Brentwood Chapel with Tom Moore and Rev. Steve Gaines officiating. Burial will follow in Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia, Amarillo, Texas 79110.
Martha was born August 17, 1924 in Floydada to Jehu and Emma Shearer. She married Zachary D. Blaine on August 13, 1941 in Mayfield, OK. Martha worked in the ship yards during WWII in San Francisco, wiring battle ships and managing a crew of twenty men. She was a member of Covenant Fellowship formerly known as San Jacinto United Methodist Church. Martha was a good Christian woman, loving wife and mother.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Zachary D. Blaine; her parents; four brothers; three sisters; son-in-law, Gene Burnett.
Martha is survived by her daughter, Naomi Burnett of Amarillo; a grandson, Sean Burnett of Arlington; two great grandchildren, Joseph Burnett and Trystan Burnett; and many more loving family and friends.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association, www.diabetes.org, or the American Heart Association, www.heart.org.
Online condolences may be shared at www.schoolerfuneralhome.com.