Honor Pages Index

Honor Pages

STCS(SS) Johnnie E. Martin • ???? – 2020

Johnnie E. Martin

Johnnie Martin, 69, Springfield, MO., passed away Monday, January 27, 2020.

Johnnie was born November 19, 1950, to Gilbert and Clara Martin in Joplin, MO. He attended high school at Glendale High School in Springfield, MO, and then went on to college at Mizzou.

Johnnie was a Senior Chief in the U.S. Navy working as a Sonar Tech on the Submarines. He retired from the Navy after 23 years.

Johnnie also worked for the United States Postal Service and retired from there after 20 years.

Johnnie married Deborah Vaughn, November 23, 1969, and to this union 3 children were born, John (Ian), Rebecca and Susan.

He loved Music, Art, History, and the Kansas City Chiefs. He loved his family and his country.

Johnnie is survived by his wife Debbi, his children, John “Ian” Martin, Rebecca Sutor and husband Kenny, Susan Iavalo and Clay, his mother Clara Martin, his sister Barbara Stone and her husband Fred, 8 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his dad Gilbert Martin and a brother Ron Martin.

Services will be 8:30 a.m., Friday, January 31, 2020, in Walnut Lawn Funeral Home Ltd, DeGranffereind-Wood with a 10:00 a.m. committal service at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, January 30, 2020, from 6-8 pm in the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that contributions can be made to the Ronald McDonald House, 949 E. Primrose St. Springfield, MO 65807

Johnnie Martin, ST1(SS), Sonar, served with us on the Bates from 72-75. I was just informed by his son, John Martin, that Johnnie passed away earlier this year, in January 2020.

Fair winds and following seas, Johnnie. You were our brother. You will be missed.

 

My comments Subscribe RSS
You don`t have permission to comment here!

 

 

 

Our shipmate has passed on before us.

Whether by enemy action, the remorseless sea, or the ravages of time and age,
we must accept that God has called you to where we cannot yet follow.

We commend your body to the deep, and your soul to God Almighty.

May God grant you fair winds and following seas.

 

Godspeed, shipmate.

 

We will miss you...

 

 

 

"All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated. God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice; but God's hand is in every translation, and his hand shall bind up all our scattered leaves again for that library where every book shall lie open to one another...

"No man is an island, entire of itself, every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.

"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

John Donne

Meditation XVII
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions
Nunc lento sonitu dicunt, morieris.
Now this bell tolling softly for another, says to me, Thou must die.
1572 - 1631

 

 

OPSEC Policy

The Cold War Boats Association prohibits the posting of Classified material on the the coldwarboats.org website.

Any documents, photographs, audio or video recordings, or artifacts that are currently considered Classified are not permitted, and will be removed.

Any information that could compromise the operational security of active duty personnel, commissioned ships, or their missions is not permitted, and will be removed.

Access to personally identifiable information (PII) of active-duty service members or information related to the crews of submarines currently in full or limited commission is restricted to administrators only.

Full details of the Cold War Boats Association's Security Policy can be found at: www.coldwarboats.org/security.

Questions and concerns should be directed to the Security Manager at security@coldwarboats.org.

Copyright Information

 
 
© 2026 Brad Williamson
and/or the
Cold War Boats Association
or respective image owners
 
All Rights Reserved
 
Permission is granted for not-for-profit reproduction
of text and images under the condition that
the coldwarboats.org watermark is retained,
all attribution as to owner and source is included,
and additionally, when republished electronically, a link to is provided.
 
 

Privacy Policy

The Cold War Boats Association is committed to protecting your personally identifiable information (PII). 

This information, your PII,  includes your email, your street address, your phone number(s), your personal records (such as a DD-214) and various other related information.

Your PII will never be shared, given, sold, or rented. It will not be accessible by others, except by administrators or moderators of the www.coldwarboats.org website as necessary in the performance of their duties.

Your use of the www.coldwarboats.org website is your acknowledgement that these limitations are understood.

Full details of the Cold War Boats Association's Privacy Policy can be found at: www.coldwarboats.org/privacy.

Questions and concerns should be directed to the Privacy Manager at privacy@coldwarboats.org.