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Harold Wayne Martin, 75, died September 29, 2010 at his home in Pettigrew. Wayne was born January 10, 1935, in Pettigrew, the only child of H. O. and Elva Martin. On October 27, 1956, he married Velma June Baker, a high school classmate from Flemings Creek. The had two sons, Howard James in 1958 and Daniel Patrick in 1962. Except for a short time working in the sheetrock business in Wichita, Kansas, before he married and three years with June in La Habra, California, where he worked for the post office, Wayne spent his life in the hills and meadows of Madison County. He cut and hauled timber and raised chickens and cattle as business ventures, hunted and trapped as hobbies and was a member of Mulberry Lodge #272, Free and Accepted Masons at Oark, Arkansas. He also spent many hours giving back to his neighbors, serving as a First Responder and as a reserve deputy for the Madison County Sheriff's Department. In 2007, he was honored as Reserve Deputy of the Year. When the Mooney-Barker Drug Store, which belonged to his grandmother, Helen Mooney Barker was sold at auction in 1986, Wayne began a friendship with Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale that would last the rest of his life. He always worked to preserve the history of Pettigrew, whether that meant raising funds for the school turned community building, visiting schools to speak, donating or loaning pieces of the past for exhibits at the museum or spearheading Pettigrew Day, the annual homecoming and celebration of the town's boom days at the turn of the 20th century. In the last months of his life, Wayne compiled a pictorial book, "Pettigrew, Arkansas; Hardwood Capital of the World", his final collaboration with the Shiloh Museum. It was completed in time for Pioneer Day on September 11, 2010, in Saint Paul. Wayne is survived by his wife, June of the home; his sons, Dan of Fayetteville and Jim of Van Buren, three daughters-in-law, Carla Gray Martin of Fayetteville, Brenda Seaton Martin of Van Buren and Becca Bacon Martin of Fayetteville; three grandchildren, Amanda, Patrick and Hannah; and a host of family and friends. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P. M. Saturday, October 2, in the chapel of Brashears Funeral Home with Larry Joe Johnson, Minister officiating. Interment will be in the Brashears Cemetery under the direction of Brashears Funeral Home www.brashearsfuneralhome.net of Huntsville, Arkansas. Pallbearers will be: Chuck Stout, Darren Pavis, Jim Ferguson, Dan Engel, Simon Keck and Jody Keck. Honorary pallbearers will be the Staff of the Madison County Sheriff's Department. The family will receive friends from 5:00 P. M. to 7:00 P. M. on Friday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial may be made to the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, 118 West Johnson Avenue, Springdale, Arkansas 72764.

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Harold Wayne Martin

January 10, 1935 - September 29, 2010