Mr. Tom Martin

Guest Speaker Memorial Day

Location: Begins in the MARC/ Ends Outside near MARC Flag Poles

Time: 11:00 a.m.

Tom Martin is a retired Army officer with 21 years of active service. He is a Vietnam veteran and served two tours in Vietnam as well as a tour in Bosnia.  He retired as a Chief Warrant Officer Four.   He has received the following awards: The Legion of Merit, The Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star Medal for Valor, and The Purple Heart.  He has a PhD in Old Testament from Barrington University and has pastored churches in North and South Carolina. He flew the medical helicopter for the Greenville Hospital system for 12 years before retiring again in September 2012. He served as the Vocational pastor there also. 

Since retiring from the pastorate, he has acted as an interim pastor for five churches and has worked in pulpit supply and revival ministry. He was the pastor to the seniors at East Lumberton Baptist Church from September 2021 to September 2023. Finally retired from those responsibilities, he currently lives in Bladen County near Bladenboro with his wife, formally known as, Kate Pate Johnson.