Charles Pounds

Charles Edwin Pounds, age 94, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, at Van Ayer Healthcare and Rehab in Martin. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. today (Thursday) at Murphy Funeral Home in Martin with Rev. Randy Cooper officiating. Burial will follow in East Side Cemetery in Martin. Pounds was a graduate of Martin High School and was a United States Army World War II veteran. He owned and operated Martin Laundry and Dry Cleaners, was also a purchasing agent for Lovelace-Farmer Wholesale and Institutional Distributors and was a member of First United Methodist Church in Martin. Pounds played the saxophone in many different bands for more than 80 years and had traveled all 50 states in his lifetime. He is survived by his daughters, Pam (Hal) Williamson of Martin and Peggy (Terry) Mansfield of Montgomery, Ala.; son, Lanis (Jacquie) Henry of Cummings, Ga.; five grandchildren, Drew Hood, Will (Tori) Hood, Holly Mansfield, Jeremy (Sarah)Mansfield and Bryan Henry. Pounds was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred Giles Pounds and his wife, Joyce Pounds; his daughter, Paula Pounds Hood; his parents, Hulon Odell and Jessie Mae Chappell Pounds. Online tributes may be left at murphyfuneralhome.net.