Nora Kathryn Garrett Martin was born on December 26, 1941, in Pharoah, Oklahoma. She was raised by her mother and father, Mary Jane and Elijah Garrett, along with 10 siblings, in Harbor City, California, after moving there at age 10.
Through a ministry with her church, she, at age 15, met her then-future husband, Raymond Martin, a Navy Machinery Repairman, from Stonewall,…
