Katherine Metzger Martin

Published 12:00 am Saturday, April 18, 2009

On December 23, 2007, Katherine Metzger Martin, 80, of Baltimore, who hailed from Atlanta, GA and Selma, AL, journalist, life master in duplicate bridge, and a fiercely independent, keen woman, died of complications from lung cancer. She was the beloved daughter of Sidney and Irma Weil Metzger, of Selma, AL; beloved mother of Karen M. Barch, of Chicago, IL, and Jay A. Martin, of San Francisco, CA; and beloved sister of Claire Jacobs, of Clayton, MO, and Sidney Metzger, Jr., of Pittsburgh, PA. She is also survived by her two grandchildren, Rachel and Jack. She will be buried at the Old Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, AL, at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, April 19, 2009 with Lawrence Brown-Service directing. Please visit http:// www.Lawrencebrownservice.com to make online condolences to the family.