Robert G. Martin

Robert (Bob) G. Martin, 80, of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away December 24, 2010. He was born November 21, 1930, in Beaumont, Texas, to William Hill and Sadie Edd Martin.

Bob lived and worked in the Beaumont, Texas, area until 1980. He was employed as a yardman for the Kansas City Southern Railroad from 1952 until 1980. He moved to Shawnee, Kansas, and was employed by United Transportation Union as a union representative, retiring in January 1999.

He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Cara, of Shawnee, Kansas; brother, Lynwood Martin, and wife, Sue, of Orange, Texas; sister, Wanda Sanders, and husband, Wayne, of Terre Haute, Indiana two sons, Robert and wife Katy, of Pasadena, Texas, and Howard and wife Carolyn, of Stephenville, Texas; two step-children, Darrell Billingsley, of Kansas City, Kansas, and Glenna Billingsley, of Austin, Texas; and four grandchildren.

No services are planned.