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the Martins<br />
Tell us about your family.<br />
David and Deborah Martin, age 59 – We enjoy spending time together<br />
on the lake, duck hunting, and entertaining family and friends.<br />
Will and Cameron Martin are graduates of Ole Miss and enjoy spending<br />
time with family and friends, the outdoors, and their church, Broadmoor<br />
Baptist. Cameron is a nurse for Madison County Schools and Will is<br />
director of operations with the family business – Service Specialists in<br />
Ridgeland. They have two children: Mae who is 5 and William who is 2½.<br />
Sam and Hart Martin both received their undergrads from Ole Miss and<br />
are proud graduates of the Ole Miss School of Law. Sam works for the<br />
Mississippi Senate and Hart works for the Mississippi Attorney General’s<br />
Office. They have a beautiful golden lab named Blue and enjoy entertaining<br />
friends throughout the year—and especially at Christmas.<br />
How did you meet and how long have you<br />
been married?<br />
We met at Holmes Community College and have been married 38 years.<br />
What are some of your favorite things about<br />
Madison County?<br />
We love the small-town feel but also enjoy the tremendous amenities.<br />
We love our neighborhood, Lake Caroline, our neighbors, and attending<br />
church at Broadmoor Baptist. We love that there are still country dirt<br />
roads, an abundance of wildlife, and beautiful rolling undeveloped<br />
countrysides. Our sons graduated from Madison Central High School,<br />
and we have made lifelong friendships with other parents from MC.<br />
What accomplishments make you proud<br />
during your time living in Madison County?<br />
We have made our home here and grown our business, Service<br />
Specialists, to two locations in Madison County. We are proud to have<br />
employed hundreds of Madison County residents since 1998. But our<br />
greatest accomplishment is our two sons and their families. We have<br />
loved having them return to Madison County to establish their own<br />
homes and families here.<br />
What do you love about Ole Miss?<br />
Our story is different than most you might hear about. We both graduated<br />
from MSU in 1985 and quickly became season ticket holders carrying<br />
both sons to games starting at an early age. Both of our sons played<br />
football at Madison Central and Will had the opportunity to continue his<br />
football career at Ole Miss. When you have family members involved,<br />
the decision to switch your allegiance to another school is not a hard<br />
one. We became avid Ole Miss fans! Both of our sons graduated from<br />
Ole Miss. They married Ole Miss grads, Cameron Burgess Martin, and<br />
Hart Pepper Martin. Sam and his wife, Hart, both graduated from Ole<br />
Miss law school. We became very involved with our tailgate family from<br />
Madison Central at Ole Miss. This group of parents has continued to<br />
grow over the years and it is such a joy to see our children and grandchildren<br />
in The Grove enjoying the fellowship of family and friends.<br />
FAVORITE TAILGATE RECIPE<br />
Best Chili Ever<br />
• 1 pound of Conecuh sausage,<br />
sliced and seared<br />
• 6 slices of cooked thick bacon, crumbled<br />
• 2 pounds of cooked hamburger meat,<br />
crumbled<br />
• 1 medium sweet onion, diced<br />
• 1 can of Rotel chili fixins<br />
• 2 14.5 oz. cans of Hunt’s diced tomatoes<br />
with basil, garlic and oregano<br />
• 2 cans of Bush kidney beans<br />
• 1 can of Bush chili beans<br />
• 2 packets of McCormick chili mix<br />
OR 3 Tbsp. of chili powder, 1 Tbsp. garlic<br />
powder, and 1 Tbsp. oregano<br />
Dump everything in slow cooker and cook<br />
on low for 4-6 hours.<br />
Hometown MADISON • 49
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