With deep sorrow, we announce the death of Martha Lockhart Brown, age 75, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at Baptist Hospital in Jackson, MS. We will honor her life at a graveside service at the Hollandale City Cemetery on Friday, April 4, 2025, at 1:00 pm under the direction of Boone Funeral Home, Greenville.
Martha was born on September 16, 1949, to William Nelson Lockhart, Sr. and Bertha Beauchamp Lockhart in Jackson, MS. Being raised in Jackson, MS, Martha attended Provine High School. She went on to attend Moorehead Community College. She pursued a career in education, where she served passionately for 22 years at Clinton Park Elementary School.
She is preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Terri Cirlot-Irwin and Susan Walker; brothers-in-law George Irwin and Keith Walker; nephews Nelson Lockhart and Wade Cirlot; daughter Stephanie Jeanette Brown; and son Walter Ervin Brown, Jr.
She is survived by her daughter, Susan Ashley Perkins (Dee) of Clinton; grandchildren, Addison Perkins and Conner Perkins of Clinton; brother, Bill Lockhart (Paula) of Ridgeland; nephews, Brent Lockhart, Covington Lockhart, Lyrik Lockhart, Kevin Walker (Erika) and Chay Walker along with other great nieces and nephews.