Martin Davey Lemon

Martin Davey Lemon, age 90, of Holmesville, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, after a brief illness.

Martin was born to Thomas B. and Grace (Bellman) Lemon on April 26, 1936, at home which was the same home that he passed away in on Tuesday. He and Dee Ann purchased the home in 1974, and he spent two years refurbishing the home that they would spend the next 50 years living in. Martin graduated from Fredericksburg High School in 1955 which was the schools last graduating class and then served in the U.S. Army from Nov. 1958 – Nov. 1960. On May 11, 1962, he married Dee Ann Kay Hott at Central Christian Church in Wooster, Ohio. He retired in 1998 from The Gerstenslager Company after 42 ½ years of service and from 2004 -2022 he worked at the Commercial & Savings Bank in Millersburg as a mail courier.

Martin was a member of Holmesville Church of Christ, was a life member of Melvin McClure American Legion Post 551 and served on the Holmesville Village Council and the Holmes County Home Auxiliary, serving many years as the President. He had been a fireman and EMT on the Prairie Township Fire Dept. for 27 years where he served as an assistant Chief and was one of the first certified scuba divers for the department.

Over the years Martin had owned and operated Lemon’s Mower Repair Shop and had enjoyed going to auctions and buying John Deere lawn tractors that he would refurbish and then sell. He loved to tinker and was a true “Mr. Fix-It”. He could build and design just about anything in his shop where he was always busy and happy.

Surviving is his wife, Dee Ann; his daughters and sons-in-law, Dena and Brian Green of Fredericksburg and Lisa and Tim Swift of Wooster; grandchildren, Jesse Green of Wooster, Jason and his wife Kendra Green of Fredericksburg and Natalie and her husband Josiah Ramseyer of Orrville; great-grandchildren, Caden Green, Prestlee Green, Jason Lee “JJ” Green Jr. and baby girl Ramseyer who is soon to arrive and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers and sister and their spouses, Welker D. Lemon, Jack B. and Harriet Lemon, Thomas J. and Bonnie Lemon, Samuel A. and Jane Lemon, Mary E. and Jim Shriver, Franklin D. Lemon and Marvin R. and Marie Lemon.

Services will be Saturday, Nov. 14th at 2:00 p.m. at Holmesville Church of Christ with Pastors Brad Kirtland and Willie Parrot. Friends may call on Friday from 4-7 p.m. at the church and one hour prior to services on Saturday at the church. A private family interment will be held later at Prairie Township Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Holmes County Home Auxiliary, 7260 State Route 83, Holmesville or to Holmesville Church of Christ, PO Box 146, Holmesville, OH 44633. Murray Funeral Home in Fredericksburg is handling arrangements.