Martha E. Burch

	Martha E. Burch, age 81, of Pinckneyville, passed away Friday morning, January 12, 2001 in the Pinckneyville Community Hospital at 4:45 a.m.
	Martha was born March 2, 1919 in Campbell, Mo., the daughter of Ernest and Sybal Pearl (Hedge) Barton.  Martha was united in marriage in St. Genevieve, Mo. on February 20, 1941 to Owen S. Burch and he preceded her in death on July 29, 1998.  Martha was a homemaker and was a member of the Steeleville United Methodist Church in Steeleville.
	Martha is survived by two daughters, Mary Ann Stone and husband Richard of Rosebud, Mo. and Linda Nelson and husband David of Manassas, Va.; five grandchildren, Richie, Rhonda, Matt, David and Beverly; 10 great-grandchildren and one brother, William Barton of Murphysboro.  She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and a sister, Sarah Sally Barton.
	 Funeral services were held Monday, January 15, 2001 in the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home in Pinckneyville at 1 p.m. with Dr. Robert Smith officiating.  Interment was in Ellis Grove Cemetery at Ellis Grove.
	Friends called at the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home in Pinckneyville on Monday, January 15 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m.
	Memorials may be made to the Alzheimers Association of America.
