Asheville - Dianne Tallant Martin, 51, died Saturday May 3, 2003 at St. Josephs Hospital following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was a 1st grade School Teacher with Fairview Elementary School for 28 years, member of Delta Kappa Gamma Soriety and a member of Sunrise Baptist Church. She was a 1970 graduate of Clyde A. Erwin High School and a graduate of Western Carolina University where she received her B.A. and Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education and Reading. Mrs. Martin was a daughter of the late David Lee and Mary Catherine Humphrey Tallant. Surviving are her husband, Jeff Martin of the home; sons, Zeb Martin and wife, Allison of Asheville and Ben Martin of Asheville; daughter, Sarah Martin of Asheville; sister, Donna McMillan and husband, Jim of Arden; brothers, Buddy Tallant and wife, Barbara of Asheville and Freddie Tallant of Asheville; father and mother-in law, Jim and Anne Martin of Asheville and several nephews. Funeral service will be held at 3:30 Tuesday at Abiding Savior Lutheran Church, 801 Charlotte Highway, Fairview with the Rev. David W. Eck officiating. Burial will be in Gashes Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at Anders-Rice Funeral Home.
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